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As millions around the world get ready to welcome the year of the rabbit, we spoke with chefs, cooks and bakers about what dishes they're putting on their tables and what they mean to each of them.

Sad news from the sports world: UNC coach Dean Smith passed away Saturday night. Mike Pesca of Slate.com's The Gist podcast tells NPR's Rachel Martin what kind of coach Smith was.

A top European Union official on Sunday rejected the notion that Europe faces "civilizational erasure," pushing back at criticism of the continent by the Trump administration.

Adam Carolla, who has successfully made the transition from radio to podcasting, says his popular CarCast podcast was inspired by public radio's Car Talk, only his show is funnier. Carolla has two podcasts in the iTunes Top 10.

Picking one winner from thousands of amazing entries wasn't easy. But one singer-songwriter rose to the top, with a song about rooting yourself in nature that stopped our judges in their tracks.

For much of the 20th century, Russian (and Soviet) leaders with full heads of hair shared the country's top political spot with bald men. In fact, they very nearly went back and forth -- something their American rivals did not come close to doing.

After swiftly grabbing the top spot in the "top two" primary on Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom is favored to win reelection in November over Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle.

At 27, Andy Roddick is the youngest American -- male or female -- with a chance of winning Wimbledon. And there's no help in sight, despite a surge in the game's popularity. More than 30 million Americans now play the sport. Why can't any of them be any good?

The two top lawmakers on the Senate Finance Committee are trying to stop private-equity firms from taking advantage of a giant tax loophole. Under the current law, private-equity companies have been able to go public paying a partnership tax rate of 15 percent compared with the corporate tax rate of 35 percent. David Wessel, deputy Washington bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, talks about the implications of the legislation with Steve Inskeep.

Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, will nominally be in charge of the world's second-largest economy now facing some of its worst prospects in years.