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Many young mixed-raced Asian-Americans embrace the Hawaiian word "hapa" to describe their identity. But are they legitimizing a slur, engaging in appropriation, or just making an old word new?

A chief policy director for Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives is launching an independent bid for the White House in what may be a last ditch effort to stop Trump.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Yuki Tatsumi, senior associate of the East Asia program at the Stimson Center, about Emperor Akihito's video message to the people of Japan. In the broadcast, he said he wants to abdicate the throne — the first time in 200 years for an emperor to do so.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Peter Hollens, an a cappella singer who regularly releases new music on his YouTube channel, about how the proliferation of music online could be a plus for artists.

"I'm proud to be competing clean and doing what is right," Lilly King said after the race. Over the weekend, her top rival, Yulia Efimova, was reinstated.

On a key Trump priority — banning travel to the U.S. from areas affected by terrorism — retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn says "a blanket [ban] is not workable."

A really old French dress has sold for more than $150,000. The brocade gown is an exquisite example of the loose-fitting dresses that women — fed up with restrictive bodices — embraced in the 1700s.

Steve Inskeep talks to economist and syndicated columnist Peter Morici and Jared Bernstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities about Donald Trump's economic vision.

The Russian athletes competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics have made strong showings in men's gymnastics and women's swimming. But fallout from an earlier doping scandal taints any accomplishments.

Teens showed an image that was deemed to have lots of "likes" tended to also like the image. Seeing popular pictures also produced greater activation in the reward centers of the brain.