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The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday. Twenty-one Smithsonian museums, its research centers and the National Zoo are all affected.



This week, Wait Wait is live in Honolulu with host Peter Sagal, guest judge and scorekeeper Alzo Slade, special guest Taimane and panelists Peter Grosz, Joyelle Nicole Johnson, and Paula Poundstone

National Coming Out Day is Oct. 11. To celebrate and honor LGBTQ+ people who have come out and those who want to, NPR readers share how they told their loved ones.

Decades of metamorphosis and drag performer Joey Arias is far from his final form.

NPR's Mia Venkat explains to Scott Detrow what the internet couldn't stop talking about this week.

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.

Uno de los géneros más escuchados en las Américas, los fotógrafos Karla Gachet e Iván Kashinsky documentan la cumbia en Colombia, México, Ecuador, Perú, Argentina y Estados Unidos.

This week, hundreds are launching colorful hot air balloons in the 53rd annual Exxonmobil Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Tiki peaked in postwar America and is now seeing a revival of sorts.

A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch.