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For years, the myth about Asian Americans and their perceived collective success has been used as a racial wedge. Here's a look at some common misconceptions driven by the "model minority" myth.

Even though Taylor Swift released her album "The Tortured Poets Department" back in April, she found a way to bring it back to the top of the charts in December.

This post will be updated today, Friday, August 28, and through the week with the latest information on COVID-19 in South Florida.

Also: Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga takes a symbolic presidential oath of office; a Russian fighter jet buzzes a U.S. Navy plane; and watch for the blue blood super moon tonight!

Pogačar also won the sport’s other major race, the Giro D’Italia, earlier this year, making him the first man to win both majors in a season since 1998.

Officials involved in Jan. 6 prosecutions say the Trump administration isn't protecting them from threats. "We don't think they'll care — unless and until one of us gets killed," an official told NPR.

Defense Department officials say that No Easy Day, former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette's book about the secret mission to kill Osama bin Laden, includes classified information that may harm U.S. military operations. The book is currently the bestseller on Amazon.

The Washington Democrat walked back comments she made over the weekend in which she called Israel a "racist state."

With the exception of pandemic-disrupted 2020, the number of weapons intercepted at U.S. airport checkpoints has climbed every year since 2010.

Ihor Brusylo, deputy head of Ukraine's President's Office, tells NPR Trump is a "peacemaker and dealmaker," while expressing hope the U.S. continues to provide aid to Ukraine.

Donald Trump told CBS he plans to build a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border. Adding he's not going to round up all unauthorized immigrants as he vowed during the campaign — just the law breakers.

Andriy Yermak, top aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, tells NPR's Steve Inskeep that Ukraine has an "urgent" need for sustained military aid.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Washington Post reporter Alex Horton about internal documents from the National Guard assessing public sentiment about the federal takeover of Washington, D.C.

ISAAC HAYES is a renowned soul musician, who rose to the top of the charts in the 1970's on the Stax label, a soul record label. He released his first solo album, "Presenting Isaac Hayes," in 1968. His next album, "Hot Buttered Soul," became a gold record in the 1970's. His 1972 soundtrack to the movie "Shaft," went platinum and won an Oscar for "Theme From Shaft." HAYES is also an actor, who has held roles in the movies "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," "I'm Gonna Git You Sucka," and "Posse." He is in the new Nicholas Cage movie, "It Could Happen to You," in which he plays a news photographer who puts Nicholas Cage into the media spotlight when he wins the lottery.

Fight for America! is a new art installation about democracy that invites audiences to play a war game — battling over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

President Biden and Vice President Harris are heading to Atlanta as pressure grows on police to file hate crime charges in the killings of 6 women of Asian descent.

Miami’s former top cop accused commissioners of corruption, leading to an investigation. And he’s suing. Miami Dade’s school board narrows its superintendent candidates to three. Plus, how will almost $1.1 billion be spent on Everglades restoration?

The Exxon Mobil CEO had, at times, a shaky hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday. He's still expected to win confirmation, but perhaps narrowly.

As rainforest destruction hits record levels, Brazilians have rediscovered their most important eco-asset — and so should people anywhere facing sea level rise.

Ukraine's bookstores have expanded despite the war, fueled by interest in works by Ukrainian writers, some who have been killed by Russian forces. But a Russian missile struck a top printing plant.