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The company behind the once ubiquitous phones has transitioned to a security software focus and says that starting on Tuesday, its classic devices will no longer reliably function.

The company says its "network device issues" are resolved. Earlier, users were blocked from sites or apps connected to Amazon Web Services, including NPR, Netflix, Venmo and Disney+.

Backed by a four-piece band, the Chicago-bred MC plays a Tiny Desk home concert that simmers with soul.

Bangladesh has gone from what U.S. diplomats called a "basket case" to a rising economy in Asia. The IMF says its GDP may soon exceed Denmark's and Singapore's.

When DJ Dahi reverses samples — or alters his voice — to produce hits for the likes of Pusha T, Kendrick Lamar or Childish Gambino, it's a ministry of texture and sound.

Police in Walnut Creek said they arrested three people in connection with the incident at the luxury department store, including one person allegedly in possession of a gun.

Bardem received a call from director Aaron Sorkin in January of 2021 asking him to play the role of Desi Arnaz. Two months later, he began shooting with co-star Nicole Kidman.

Charlayne Woodward's play Flight puts the African-American storytelling tradition in the spotlight. Set in the South on the eve of the Civil War, the play centers on slave narratives -- testimonials about slavery by the slaves themselves. She talks to NPR's Roy Hurst about the challenges of creating a stage play centering on such challenging material.

The singer-songwriter assembled her band at a New Hampshire bookstore for a set of warm folk-pop songs.

If you've used your cell phone today -- or any other wireless device that uses Bluetooth technology -- someone could be watching you. A California college student has developed a tool that can "attack" a wireless device from more than a mile away.

Andrew Bird makes the kind of music that leaves critics groping for labels. A classically trained violinist, former swing jazz musician and now art rock virtuoso, Bird is one of the most imaginative and distinctive voices making music today. Hear Bird in a full concert, recorded live from Washington, D.C.

Hear the adventurous alt-rock band perform a concert from Philadelphia's Electric Factory.

Vaughan was, arguably, the foremost interpreter of Brazilian music in jazz history. Recorded three years before she died, Brazilian Romance is her equivalent of Johnny Cash's American Recordings — full of contemporary spirit, propelled by a timeless voice.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Lulu Garcia-Navarro challenge winner Joseph Young of St. Cloud, Minn., with bending the names of states into new words. Shortz is the puzzle editor of The New York Times.

The new fee doesn't apply to sellers who use third party delivery services or ship orders themselves. Inflation in the U.S. stands at a 40-year high.

Treasury Secretary John Snow resigned Tuesday and President Bush nominated Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry M. Paulson Jr. as his replacement -- another chapter in the shake-up to revive Bush's troubled presidency.

Some mental health workers are using untested therapies in the wake of Hurricane Katrina -- and that is prompting concern. One such treatment is thought field therapy, in which tapping on a series of acupuncture-type points in the body is thought to free the sufferer from emotional pain.

As the U.S. Forest Service celebrates its 100-year anniversary, its mission has become more complex. Scientists are studying a vast network of plumbing under the forest floor that in the dry West is more valuable than the trees above.

Musicians from Canada's Royal Conservatory in Toronto introduce the spirited and overlooked music of Ukrainian composer Dmitri Klebanov.

Cities across the country are considering naming and ranking heat waves to better communicate the danger of heat to the public.