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Watch Ben Howard play songs from his latest album, Collections from the Whiteout as well as the premiere of a new tune.

Listener Jerry Cordaro plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Authorities didn't say which Pokemon card Vinath Oudomsine allegedly bought with the federal funds, but rare Pokemon cards have sold for tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars.

NPR's Asma Khalid plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's winner Paula Kroeker from Foothills, Alberta, Canada.

The Akimel Oʼotham folk singer performs four songs for her Tiny Desk (home) concert.

Major League Baseball owners and players failed to reach a deal on a new work agreement, triggering a lockout — the owners' version of a strike.

The "brandalists," as they call themselves, used commercial ad space to point out the damage they say big corporations are having on the world's environment.

If you want to be a better listener, the first step is to stop talking.

Gas prices surged to a national record, not adjusted for inflation, surpassing the previous milestone hit around two months ago. It comes just ahead of the key summer driving season.

Producer David Harvey's new bluegrass album pays tribute to British '70s pop icons The Moody Blues. Bluegrass stars from Tim O'Brien and Alison Krauss to Stuart Duncan and Aubrey Haynie interpret "I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and Roll Band" and "Nights in White Satin," among others. Hear NPR's Steve Munro.

For the holiday season, Piano Jazz host Marian McPartland reads Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales. She provides her own musical improvisations to evoke the mood of holidays past.

The number of farms managed by women in the U.S. has grown markedly in recent years. NPR's Jennifer Ludden talks with women who have forged their way into a traditionally male-dominated industry.

The U.S. federal agency said on Twitter that the stay temporarily suspends the marketing denial order while it conducts further review, but does not rescind it.

Full-sized voices — voices more than willing to flaunt lung power and sheer loudness — are everywhere these days. A voice that can merge force with genuine feeling is another matter altogether, which is where Brandi Carlile, a relatively new talent from Seattle, comes in.

Much of Peder's music sounds like the eccentric score for an independent movie: On "Would You," the flat, plucked-out notes and ghostly piano sound like they await a Tom Waits vocal. Instead, Nino Moschella surfaces, his vocals bringing the longing in Peder's music out of the abstract.

Watch an intimate, stunning performance from the California singer-songwriter who embraces well-worn emotions with grace and beauty.

The United States stopped making plutonium-238, one of the most toxic substances known to man, 15 years ago. But now, citing national security needs, the government is preparing to start making it again at a site in the Idaho desert.

A new generation of huge telescopes has helped astronomers discover distant planets and galaxies. But they're just the start. Mirrors for what is to be the world's largest telescope are being cast in Arizona.

Gaelynn Lea shares her journey from performing at the Tiny Desk to scoring a Broadway show.

While Modest Mouse's "Dashboard" lacks the snaky charm of "Float On," it's a pure pop confection: danceable, uncomplicated and ripe for airplay. Fans too young to remember XTC can draw comparisons to Franz Ferdinand, what with the song's stiff, guitar-driven neo-disco rhythms.