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Happy Birthday Barbie! The iconic doll turns 50 Monday. As part of a marketing bonanza, Mattel has commissioned a life-sized Barbie Dream House in Malibu.

The calendar has turned to December, and jingle bells have arrived at the top of the charts, led, as usual, by Mariah, Wham and Brenda Lee.

Egypt's first freely elected president made history Sunday when he ousted top military chiefs. Mohammed Morsi had been hesitant to confront the country's top brass, who've long been suspicious of the Islamist leader. But in one fell swoop, Morsi shifted the balance of power, ordered top generals into retirement and asserted civilian authority over the military leadership.

NPR film critic Bob Mondello notes that this year's most popular movies are surprisingly womancentric. That's more than at any other time in at least three decades.

The album --- “The Tortured Poets Department" -- has now spent 15 weeks at No. 1. Swift’s hold on the top spot is as much about marketing magic as it is music.

Anisimova was a teenage tennis prodigy. But by 2023, tournaments had become "unbearable" for her mental health, and she stepped away. Now, she is a win away from her first Grand Slam title.

The Japanese artist is known for her "infinity rooms," which have mirrored walls that make the space feel endless. Six of those rooms are now on display at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.

Family or career — it's a dilemma that many working mothers face. Though women outnumber men in the workforce, the gender gap at the top is still wide. How much of that is by choice?

Steve Inskeep talks to former diplomat Uzra Zeya about what she sees as declining diversity at the State Department. She worked there for 27 years but walked away from her job in the spring.

The nation's top safety investigators concluded there were multiple systemic failures that led to a midair blowout during the flight of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet last year.