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It's been 10 years since South Africa's first democratically elected president died. Nelson Mandela's former chef describes how how the anti-apartheid icon liked to spend Christmas Day.

Sous chef Kate Faulkner is one of the 3.4 million people in the U.S. living with epilepsy. But a recent electrical implant is allowing her to work, drive and live a fulfilling life.

It's been 10 years since South Africa's first democratically elected president died. Nelson Mandela's former personal chef describes how the anti-apartheid icon liked to spend Christmas Day.

A film that seems designed to demonstrate the dire circumstances in which funny women can still find themselves, The Other Woman is a grotesque pantomime of female empowerment.

NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews two movies centered on women warriors — Beatriz at Dinner starring Salma Hayek, and Megan Leavey starring Kate Mara.

Canceled concerts, lawsuits, existential turmoil. As Russia has cracked down on anti-war speech, the country's music scene reaches a particularly high pitch.

What do presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump need to deliver during their first debate this week? NPR's Steve Inskeep asks two veteran White House speechwriters.

The media has been grappling with how to cover an openly hostile White House that hasn't been reliable when it comes to the facts. Michel Martin speaks with The Washington Post's Paul Farhi, Daniel Dale of The Toronto Star, and former presidential speechwriter Mary Kate Cary.

In the world of true crime, Fall River, Mass. is known for Lizzie Borden, but another murder 60 years earlier captivated New England. Kate Winkler Dawson tells the story in The Sinners All Bow.

Hundreds of women, aged 40 and older, gathered in Chicago recently to relive their youthful days of jumping rope at the 40+ Double Dutch Club's "National Play Date."