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Pakistani authorities say they believe their troops have cornered Osama bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, near the Afghan-Pakistan border. Pakistani forces are engaged in a fierce battle there with tribal leaders and al Qaeda fighters. U.S. officials say they cannot confirm the reports. Hear NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Three Decades after the original "Top Gun", Tom Cruise returns to lead a fresh squadron of Navy fighter pilots in "Top Gun: Maverick."

Hear the singer discuss her new album, Master of My Make Believe, and describe her attempts to "broaden the lane" of what constitutes pop music.

NPR's Scott Simon talks baseball with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine. This season's hot baseball teams are usually underdogs — the Cubs, Blue Jays and Mets.

To Lam, who oversaw police and intelligence operations at a time when rights groups say basic freedoms had been suppressed, was confirmed amid a major reshuffle of the country's top leadership.

We narrowed down the Top Ten Stories of 2024 by evaluating their impact and importance to our region, as well as the quality of the reporting.

Ke$ha's debut album has sold more than 150,000 copies in its first week. Here, the pop star talks about her success and tells the stories behind her songs.

Record prices are being paid for landscape paintings of the American West. Hal Cannon of the Western Folklife Center went to the Couer d'Alene Art Auction in Reno, Nev., and found serious buyers bidding into the hundreds of thousands or more, to own a Frederick Remington or a Charlie Russell or a Frank McCarthy.

It's the most wonderful time of the year for NCAA college basketball fans. NPR's Arun Rath talks with A Martinez of member station KPCC about March Madness.

Toyota, which has suffered through a bout of recalls and the Japan earthquake, is pinning its hopes for the future on its crown jewel, the top-selling car in the U.S. The new 2012 model isn't radically different from its predecessor, but it's harder to redesign the mass-appeal Camry than a Ferrari.