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This week we share the incredible stories listeners shared about the songs that remind them of their mothers, from Ella Fitzgerald to Shania Twain and The Mamas & The Papas.

Elon Musk has added Twitter to the list of his companies, which includes Tesla and SpaceX. Here are the major twists and turns in his tumultuous courtship of the social network.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Swedish pop singer Tove Lo about love, marriage, attention-seeking behavior, and her newest album, "Dirt Femme."

Songwriter Tommy Marolda delivers a deliciously clever power-pop soap opera in three minutes.

Republicans are expected to pick up enough seats to gain control of the House, but it's clear they will not have the major gains they had hoped to receive.

Brendon Urie, the band's frontman and last remaining original member, made the announcement on Instagram. He said with he and his wife expecting their first child, he wants to focus on his family.

The band pulls off a pop music magic trick, indulging nostalgia and crafting a vintage '90s patchwork dress in pop song form.

Hayley Williams was just a teenager when her band Paramore became a pop-punk favorite – now in her 30s, Paramore is back with an album that shows pop/punk can age gracefully. It's called This Is Why.

It can benefit older adults who need assistance, parents in need of childcare, and young adults not yet ready to strike out on their own.

Your Christmas celebration is about to get funkier — and, it goes without saying, better.

World Cafe celebrates some legendary guitar innovators by sharing past interviews with Les Paul, Peter Frampton and Jeff Beck.

In a speech Tuesday, the attorney general said laws barring convicted felons from voting are counterproductive and perpetuate "the stigma and isolation imposed on formerly incarcerated individuals."

The reorganization being announced today will "provide a central hub for expert advice and legal guidance" and improve coordination among law enforcement, businesses and elected officials.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Kate Davis about her new album Fish Bowl, which is told from the perspective of a dimension-hopping protagonist named FiBo.

Coolio died on Sept. 28, 2022, at a friend's home in Los Angeles. The 59-year-old rapper's cause of death was unknown at the time.

Stop right now... and listen to girl groups, thank you very much.

Aaron Houck of UNC Charlotte's Urban Institute joins WFAE's Nick de la Canal to discuss how making it easier for developers to build multi-family housing could help Charlotte's affordable housing crisis.

People always say they want change in elections, but who represents that change? A new poll sheds some light on who does — and who does not.

NASA's Sonification Project is a collaborative effort to turn data collected from the outer reaches of the universe into sounds. Their album, Universal Harmonies, is out March 10.

India has overtaken Japan as home to the most billionaires in Asia. Yet it also has the world's largest population of hungry people, as one reporter's continuing journey down the Ganges River reveals.