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The results are in for our reader poll of the most influential women and non-binary musicians of this century. Your picks help us consider and question what "influence" can mean in new ways.

Serena Williams says she is close to retirement. We take a look at her life and career from Compton to Wimbledon, and the impact she has had on athletes, particularly African American women.

"I don't have any issues with the press myself," the secretary of defense said during an interview while traveling in the United Arab Emirates.

By tripling their emission of pollutants, Asian countries have contributed as much as 65 percent of a rise in ozone levels in the western U.S., scientists say.

NPR's Scott Simon observes an uptick in the number of profanities uttered by politicians speaking in official capacities, and muses about what the strategy is, and the effect it's having.

Scientists meeting in San Francisco issue their 2016 report card. "The Arctic as a whole is warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the planet," one says, and it is getting progressively worse.

The Arizona senator said he stayed up too late watching baseball, after television viewers across the country expressed confusion over his line of questioning for the former FBI director.

Italy is sending a high-tech espresso machine to the International Space Station. And NASA is worried it might be too popular.

George Clinton brought his family, both immediate and extended, to the Tiny Desk for a set of classic cosmic slop.

The Trump administration plans to contribute up to $60 million to help five nations in Africa's Sahel region to build up a counterterrorism force. The news comes as Congress looks more closely at U.S. military activities in a the region following an ambush that killed four American service members in Niger.