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Completion of the Boston Marathon represents more than an accomplishment for Mike Savicki of Cornelius. The race helped him get his life back on track after an accident left him paralyzed. He’s now participated in the race 23 times — both on his feet and in a racing wheelchair. Savicki hopes to add to his total on Monday, the 126th Boston Marathon.

Elderly inmates make up an increasing percentage of the U.S. prison population. Many are serving life sentences. Others are in prison for crimes committed late in life. The oldest male prisoner in the country is 99 years old. The fourth-oldest prisoner is John Rodriguez.

Brothers Damien and Tourie Escobar form the group Nuttin But Stringz, which is a venture into hip-hop violin. Their new CD is called Struggle from the Subway to the Charts.

Scott Simon talks with Mickey Rapkin about his new book, "Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate A Cappella Glory," which weaves together the drama of three groups trying to claim glory without instruments.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with novelist Marianne Wiggins about her latest book, "Properties of Thirst," along with her daughter, Lara Porzak, who helped her mother finish writing it after a stroke.

Atlanta rapper Michael Santiago Render, known professionally as Killer Mike, released his sixth album this month, and his U.S. tour kicks off Tuesday. He explains to Morning Edition that he wants rap music to be embraced like jazz, blues or gospel. "What's more gospel than rap music?" he asks.

After the sudden death of his girlfriend Lynn Shelton in 2020, Maron was forced to grieve in isolation. He talks about finding humor — and lightness — in his new HBO special.

From Fantastic Negrito and Tank and the Bangas to last year’s winner Alisa Amador, NPR’s Tiny Desk contest has elevated hundreds of musicians to new heights and connected thousands with new fans. The contest is back.

Elena Kagan's treatment of military recruiters at Harvard Law School took center stage Tuesday on her second day of confirmation hearings to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. In tones at times emotional and steely, Kagan defended her record as a Harvard dean, even when challenged by Sen. Jeff Sessions.

The stores and restaurants at Asian Corner Mall in northeast Charlotte were a gathering place for the region’s Asian community for years. Now, half of the mall is closed after a developer bought it a few months ago. Since that community’s anchor has broken up, some of its businesses are adapting to serve new clientele and rebuild.

For some students who attended Robb Elementary in Texas, it will be the first time back in classrooms since a gunman killed 21 people at their school in May.

NPR remembers the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ten years later.

Erskine Bowles, a co-chair of the White House's new National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, says President Obama has said everything is on the table to cut the federal deficit. His partner, former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY), is urging the GOP to appoint people to the panel. Obama named the two men to to head the panel on Thursday.

As a new decade approaches, hear 10 extraordinary classical albums well-equipped to propel the music into the future.

The former SNL cast member stars as a somewhat autobiographical, sometimes exaggerated version of himself in this entertaining new series, co-starring Edie Falco and Joe Pesci.

Michigan Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich.,, and California Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., say looming benefit cuts and mounting interest payments squeezing federal investments underline need for their plan.

Congress has a week to avoid a government shutdown. But the new speaker is facing familiar GOP divisions trying to pass his party's own spending bills and still hasn't decided on a short term bill.

The South African singer brought a homegrown genre, amapiano, to new ears with a viral hit and a Grammy. With her debut album, she wants to prove the world is ready for a full-blown African pop star.

The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to approve a bill that would force parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok or face a ban of the social media app on U.S. devices.

Mia Zapata led the punk group The Gits in Seattle during the grunge years. Before she could be in the national spotlight, she was raped and murdered in 1993. A new book remembers her life and work.