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Research explores the consequences of boosting self-esteem when it is not justified. When self-esteem is artificially boosted, it reduces performance and effort — as people seek to protect the fragile gain in self-esteem by withdrawing from effort and the risk of failure. When self-esteem is diminished without justification, people appear to work harder to retrieve lost feelings of self-worth.

The Alt.Latino and El Tiny host shares his favorite records of the year, including jazz musicians from across Latin America as well as vocalists inspired by folk, rock and pop whose work defies genre.

The NPR Music editor and All Songs Considered contributor shares her favorite albums of the year, including one that feels like a survival guide to the apocalypse.

The St. Louis Cardinals came from behind twice to beat the Texas Rangers 10-to-9 last night, forcing the World Series to Game 7.

Highlights from New York's one-night festival of global sounds included music from Haiti's dance-clubs, Ukrainian experimental theater and Mexican cabarets.

After Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create an outside independent commission to investigate the attacks on the U.S. Capitol, Pelosi said a special panel is needed to lead an investigation.

New Zealand's bird of the year is not a bird. The long-tailed bat, or pekapeka-tou-roa, won by a wide margin.

NPR Music's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports on the artists making waves on the pop charts. Taylor Swift is now back at number one on the Hot 100. But Bad Bunny hasn't gone anywhere.

The commander of U.S. Army forces in Europe and Africa is expected to announce his retirement. It's yet another abrupt move in the ongoing changes to senior Pentagon leadership under Pete Hegseth.