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Oscar voters are keen on movies with social themes this year. Emilia Pérez, Netflix's musical about a trans drug lord in Mexico, leads Oscar nominations with 13 nods, including for Best Picture.

Eden Golan, Israel's representative for this year's Eurovision contest is not having an easy time because of the war in Gaza. She will compete in the finals on Saturday.

President Trump signed a bill to fund the government through the end of January, ending the shutdown that has dragged on for six weeks.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko about his memoir of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, "I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv."

Michelle T. King's new book is about a pioneering cook who brought Chinese food to the world, Fu Pei-mei. NPR's Scott Simon talks with King about her and about the book, "Chop Fry Watch Learn."

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about biodegradable plastic, simulating growing crops on Mars, and how deer are disrupting caribou populations.

Testimony continued in Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York. His lawyers tried to discredit a witness who represented the two women at the center of the allegations against the former president.

Even after she was adopted by a family in the U.S., Scout Bassett felt lost. Then, she found running. Her new book is called Lucky Girl.

President Trump said he has had a "big week" between Supreme Court rulings, a ceasefire in Iran and a new NATO pledge. But a couple major promises remain unmet.

Homicides are falling dramatically in many U.S. cities, after a surge in 2020 and 2021. Analysts say a reinvestment in communities from local government after the pandemic's disruption is a key reason.