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This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. The punk icon reflected on her career and her 22-year friendship with artist Robert Mapplethorpe in 2010.

This week, we're listening back to some favorite Fresh Air interviews from the past decade. In 2016, Springsteen reflected on how he and his music were shaped by home, roots, family and community.

Global oil prices rose by about 4% — a modest increase by historical standards — after the U.S. military killed Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran's Quds Force, in an airstrike in Baghdad.

Authorities have warned of worsening conditions over the weekend, while the deputy fire commissioner for New South Wales cautions people of the fires' "frighteningly quick" advance.

Democrats say they were not informed ahead of Thursday's airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani. Republicans, though, say President Trump ended a terrorist's reign.

The prominent general's killing, carried out in an airstrike in Iraq, has elicited a wide range of responses — from vows of revenge to enthusiastic words of support. Here's a look at the fallout.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe about what President Trump has said about the targeted killing of an Iranian general.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger about any potential fallout from the U.S. killing of an Iranian general.

President Trump ordered the death of the best-known Iranian paramilitary commander in a move expected to yield shock waves across the world. What will happen now?

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rand Corporation Iranian expert Ariane Tabatabai about what could be next for the U.S. and Iran following the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.

The Massachusetts senator raised $21 million in the final quarter of 2019, less than in the previous three months. Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg, Joe Biden and others saw boosts in fundraising.

Desert Dove is a country album, but kind of like her life, it doesn't stay settled in just one place. There are cinematic strings, and nods to indie rock and honky-tonk.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jack Keane, a retired Army general who regularly talks to President Trump, about the U.S. strategy on Iran after a strike on Baghdad airport killed an Iranian general.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, who slammed President Trump for not getting congressional approval for the strike. NPR's Susan Davis weighs in on the issue.

The Trump administration has extended the appointment for the controversial acting head of the Bureau of Land Management, which is in charge of roughly 10% of all the land in the U.S.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Douglas Ollivant, director for Iraq at the National Security Council during both the Bush and Obama administrations, about the Trump-ordered airstrike.

U.S. forces killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Soleimani in an airstrike near Baghdad airport, an escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran that is prompting concerns of more violence in the region.

On Christmas Day, a driver in England who had made the trip from Birmingham to London heard something under his hood. He opened it to find a cat, who made the 130-mile trip unscathed.

The Amazon driver in England declined to deliver the bottle of sherry to the grandmother because she lacked a photo ID to prove her age. The gift giver says he'll deliver the order himself.

When Dena Kohleriter was 36, she decided to start a family on her own. At StoryCorps with her daughter, Jori, Dena describes how her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, responded to the news.

The Trump-ordered strike on a Baghdad airport killed Iran's top military leader. The move escalates what's already a tense and dangerous situation. Reaction to the general's death has been mixed.

According to The New England Journal of Medicine, more people are choosing to die at home rather than in a hospital. It's a trend that's shifting how we think about care at the end of life.

The U.S. has killed Iran's top military leader in a strike on Baghdad airport. The Pentagon says the general was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mick Holton, president of the Volunteer Fire Fighters Association in Australia, about the people who are battling the massive brush fires in the country.

The U.S. killed Iran's top general in a strike at Baghdad airport. NPR's Noel King talks to Robin Wright, contributing writer to The New Yorker, about rising diplomatic tensions in the region.