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The new film from British director Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner, takes up an historical figure: iconic British painter JMW Turner. But it also incorporates another theme of Leigh's: the human story of the working person. Painting was Turner's job and he was as down to earth as a factory worker.

The opposable thumb you use to hold a pencil was long thought to be a defining aspect of humans. But an analysis of finger bones suggests stone tool use by pre-humans — perhaps 3 million years ago.

Was this the year of the activist athlete? NPR's Scott Simon looks back on the year in sports with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com.

The Washington Post has reported that the CIA says Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Washington Post reporter Adam Entous.

Once again, President-elect Donald Trump is praising the Russian president as a stronger and more strategic leader than Barack Obama.

They were used to clap back at a racist cartoon and express grief for the Syrian war. The world in 2016, captured in hashtags.

Former U.S. ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, says he's not at all surprised that the hacking of U.S. election could lead all the way up to Vladimir Putin.

Voting patterns show that areas where Donald Trump did well were also places where opiate overdoses and deaths occurred. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Shannon Monnat who led the study.

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes has stepped down from his committee's investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. election.

Writers, editors and artists took home Pulitzer Prizes across 21 categories on Monday. Among the winners was author Colson Whitehead for his novel, The Underground Railroad.