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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks comedians Tom Basden and Tim Key, about why they returned to their nearly 20-year-old short film to create a full-length feature, The Ballad of Wallis Island.

The southern Indian city of Chennai is known for its high achievers. In recent years, it has produced some of the world's most formidable chess players — and the youngest world champion.

Two major law firms are suing the Trump administration. They're asking a judge to block executive orders that punish them because of their clients and the lawyers that they hired.

A science experiment aboard NASA's Curiosity rover has found tantalizing traces of possible past life on Mars. But there could be other explanations for where these compounds came from.

ICE agents have been filmed wearing masks while making arrests in public. When is it legal for police and the public to conceal their faces, in an age of digital facial recognition and doxxing?

Consumers are growing more cautious about the U.S. economy, in the face of stubborn inflation and looming tariffs.