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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.

Paige Pfleger is a reporter for WOSU, Central Ohio's NPR station. Before joining the staff of WOSU, Paige worked in the newsrooms of NPR, Vox, Michigan Radio, WHYY and The Tennessean. She spent three years in Philadelphia covering health, science, and gender, and her work has appeared nationally in The Washington Post, Marketplace, Atlas Obscura and more.

This week we're looking back at the year in music with a peek at NPR Music's 50 Favorite Albums of 2013. It's the annual list assembled by our in-house experts, including NPR music writer and editor Stephen Thompson. He tells Audie Cornish about his picks in the world of indie pop.

A lot has changed in the decades since the Supreme Court dismissed a gay marriage case for lack of a "substantial federal question" in the 1970s. Now that the court has once again weighed in on the issue of gay marriage, here's a look at how the debate has touched American life.

This week, The Weeknd's new album, Hurry Up Tomorrow, debuts atop the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the biggest winners and performers from the Grammys experience big chart bumps.

These love songs — Neko Case's "Oh, Neglect...," Valerie June's "Runnin' and Searchin'" and Olivia Dean's "Man I Need" — each express a refreshingly realistic ambivalence toward romance.

Around the world, trucks are essential everyday vehicles. In Pakistan, trucks are also canvases for dazzling works of art. Truck art has served a social good too, and helped recover missing children.

We all know the saying, “It takes a village.” In the folk music community, village means a global community.This is exemplified by the digital festival…

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with the musical duo from Madrid behind the new pop-rock album, "Viva Hinds."

The two Swedish sisters who make up First Aid Kit sing along with pop songs from their homeland – and it's amazing.