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All Things Considered's coverage of the Florida vote tally continues. We hear a few of the comments made by Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris declaring George W. Bush to be ahead of Al Gore in the vote count, and ordering that any counties continuing to count votes explain their actions to her by tomorrow afternoon. We hear some of the response by Gore Campaign Chairman William Daley. And NPR's Debbie Elliott joins host Robert Siegel from Tallahassee, Florida to discuss tonight's developments. We also hear from NPR's Adam Hochberg in Palm Beach County, where a hand count of the vote is scheduled to get started again on Wednesday morning, in spite of the statement by Florida State Secretary Katherine Harris.

Herb Alpert and Sergio Mendes, giants of 1960s music, are back. Alpert collaborated with electronica musicians to remix his hits. And rap and soul stars have turned Mendes' work into a variety of new songs... with some mixed results.

The Supreme Court came close to virtually overturning Roe v. Wade, according to papers of the late Justice Harry Blackmun released Thursday. The papers reveal Justice Anthony Kennedy played a key role in that battle, and that Blackmun accused Chief Justice William Rehnquist of playing politics in timing the 1992 case that sought to overturn Roe. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

During the 18th century, approximately 60,000 convicts were shipped from England to America and sold as indentured servants in the colonies. Today, a museum in Maryland remembers them.

The Brooklyn band's music has always had a larger-than-life flamboyance about it. But on Then Came The Morning, it's elevated by nuance that ventures frequently and welcomely into grace.

The versatile violinist is as well-known for backing the likes of Norah Jones and Lucinda Williams as she is for her many solo projects. On her new album, Scheinman leads a band of creative risk-takers that includes guitarist Nels Cline of Wilco.

Grant Hart has had an enigmatic career since his days drumming for the influential punk trio. His latest project is an ambitious double album, based on an unpublished work by his friend, the late William S. Burroughs.

The striking Georgian soprano Tamar Iveri stars as Marguerite in Houston Grand Opera's production of Gounod's Faust, alongside celebrated bass Samuel Ramey in one of his trademark roles as Mephistopheles, and tenor William Burden in the title role.

Attorney General William Barr explained before the release of the special counsel report that the law and regulations kept him from including everything that Robert Mueller uncovered, as well as how.

A man pleaded guilty in federal court in Charlotte on Friday to conspiring to use bad checks to steal 3,000 cattle. Prosecutors say William Dalton Edwards, 25, and a co-conspirator hit livestock sellers in Iredell County, Cleveland County, Texas and Oklahoma with checks they knew were worthless. The duo then spirited the cattle they bought out of state before the checks bounced, leaving the livestock sellers—which prosecutors say are family-owned businesses—to eat the losses, which totaled more than $1 million.

Shutdowns during the coronavirus pandemic devastated the economy and hit Black and Latino communities especially hard. Business owners and workers made their living in industries that saw customers vanish such as health care, hospitality and transportation.

Tennis players Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic both have the potential to win Grand Slams, one of the rarest achievements in sports. But it's not an easy feat.

The BBC's John Inverdale was asking the World No. 2 how it felt to be the first person to win two Olympic gold medals in tennis. "Umm," the Scotsman said, before bringing up Venus and Serena Williams.

Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci have qualified for the women's semis — reportedly the first time two women from Italy have made it that far in the same major tournament.

We celebrate Women's History Month with a spotlight on Miss Shirley Horn, via a 1991 concert featuring special guests Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Toots Thielemans and more.

With the U.N. Security Council locked in a debate over a new resolution demanding that Iraq disarm or face war, the Bush administration's mantra continues: War is the president's last choice, but Saddam Hussein has very little time left. The message was delivered again by National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice in an interview with NPR's Juan Williams for Morning Edition. Her remarks held out faint hope for a diplomatic solution to the crisis, if the Security Council acts.

William Christenberry grew up in Hale County, Ala. For more than 40 years, he has returned there each summer, revisiting the same locations to document the passage of time.

Such Sweet Thunder combines two master artists: Duke Ellington and William Shakespeare. A twelve-part suite based on the Bard's plays and sonnets, the album brings Lady Macbeth to life as a ragtime melody.

Motown-era buildings near the museum have been transformed into Hitsville NEXT, which will be home to camps, workshops, master classes and community events.

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the English composer who created the scores for blockbuster musicals such "The Phantom of the Opera'' and "Evita,'' has written the anthem for King Charles III's coronation.