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"Strange Fruit" can feel like a period piece, more a memorial than a protest song. Rare are the performers who have invested it with new meaning, fraught as it is with the legacy of America's past.

The Amato Opera, one of a handful of privately owned opera companies left in the U.S., is closing Sunday at the end of its 61st season.

"My Voice Is in Your Head" opens Other People's Love Songs, an album that relates the real-life love stories of regular people. Dargel compiled the project from songs he'd been commissioned to write.

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records, whose roster once included heavyweights Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver. Singers were a rarity, but Sheila Jordan has outlasted them all.

In the early 80s, Yaz was a favorite on dance floors worldwide. The duo was short-lived, but scored multiple Top Ten hits in the U.S. and the U.K. Now Yaz is back together for its 25th anniversary.

Monk has spent four decades challenging audiences and winning awards with her unusual fusion of song, theater, dance and film. Lately, she's begun to consider how her work will last after she's gone.

Twitter has suspended more than 70,000 accounts spreading the QAnon conspiracy theory since Friday. Facebook is removing content with the phrase "stop the steal."

Officials in Troy, N.H., are keeping the doors to their town hall locked, citing violent threats triggered by the town's police chief's attendance at last week's pro-Trump protest.

The highly charged reference to South Africa's former policy of white rule has long been a Palestinian critique of Israel's treatment of its Arab citizens and the occupied territories.

The violent insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol stunned many in Germany, especially those who grew up in the American sector of then-West Berlin.

President Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, spoke to NPR ahead of Thursday's election. His main challenger, Bobi Wine, said Tuesday the military had killed his driver and his home had been raided.

The voting system where you rank candidates instead of selecting just one is gaining steam.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mike White, former head of the U.S. Secret Service's Presidential Protective Division, about preparations for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

Many complain Michigan's new restrictions on commercial fishing would shut down their businesses. The state supplies much of the Great Lakes' whitefish, and there are warnings of looming shortages.

Assisted living facilities and nursing homes in Washington state have not received as many COVID-19 vaccine doses as promised. Frustrated residents and staff are looking for answers.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Adam Jentleson, former deputy chief of staff to Sen. Harry Reid, about his new book, which explains how the Senate minority uses the filibuster to override the majority.

The FBI is warning of protests and potential violence in all 50 state capitals ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. NPR looks at how state officials are preparing for possible unrest.

The pandemic has never been this bad in the U.S. There is not enough data yet to say whether the holidays accelerated the coronavirus surge, but many experts believe that the case.

Howard Johnson, an American jazz musician known for his mastery of tuba and baritone saxophone, has died at age 79. NPR remembers his life and legacy.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Randall Lane, chief content officer at Forbes, about his recent warning to companies to not hire former Trump communications officials.