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Oil prices have declined even though tensions have risen between the 2 oil producers. That would have been unthinkable years ago. An oil glut due largely to U.S. production changed the price equation.

The rising R&B star performs three falsetto-drenched highlights from his 2016 debut, Ology — including "Bourbon," which features a guest rap from Chance The Rapper collaborator Saba.

More than 1,100 of you wrote to tell us about the books that broadened your horizons, that you kept through every move, that inspired you to become English majors, librarians, writers and teachers.

Kyle Stokes covers the issues facing kids and the policies impacting Washington's schools forKPLU.

The soulful British pop star was a hot ticket during her recent U.S. tour. Along the way across the country, she made a stop in Santa Monica, Calif., to perform a studio session for KCRW.

North Carolina candidates for the United States House of Representatives answered questions about why they should be elected (or reelected).

A host of Division 1 games gets underway in men's college basketball Thursday. That play begins a massive national overdose of basketball that will continue for several weeks.The competition will be held at four sites.

This Kentucky Derby day was delayed because of the pandemic, now demands are being made that Churchill Downs use this moment to make lasting changes and to take a stand against racial injustice.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about the sentencing of Brett Hankison, the former police officer involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor.

Talent runs in the family for these Tiny Desk alums. As we celebrate Black Music Month, let's take a look at these Tiny Desk stars and their extra-special guests.

Soft and insistent, breathy and sometimes wordless, she doesn't have the voice of Ella, or Sarah, or Betty. But she doesn't need it; on her third album, she's got plenty of that slippery, you-know-it-when-you-hear-it quality often abbreviated "musicality."

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with documentary filmmaker Pamela Yates about Guatemalan ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who was declared mentally unfit for trial Tuesday by Guatemala's forensic authority.

NPR's Tamara Keith talks to Breena Clark about her new novel, Angels Make Their Hope Here. It follows Dossie Bird, a girl who escapes slavery in 1849 and flees to a refuge in New Jersey.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to David Meyer, a sociology professor at the University of California, Irvine, about the historical use of the sit-in and its origins as a form of political expression.

Wasabi nabbed U.S. dogdom's most prestigious prize after winning the big American Kennel Club National Championship in 2019.

Relentless rains have pounded north-central Texas and southwest Oklahoma over the past two weeks. At least 11 people have died. Thousands have scrambled to safety. Fire ants and snakes are the next worry.

A church rents apartments for asylum seekers, who pay the church back after an initial buffer period.

Groups connected to the fossil fuel industry are trying to shape an international treaty to cut plastic pollution. And oil- and gas-producing nations are at the negotiating table.

Join us for HEARTS Healing History 24’ - Wild in the Garden, featuring history, nature, and live music. Saturday, 20th, from 2:00-5:00 at Huntersville’s historic Cedar Grove and Hugh Torance House and Store at 8229 Gilead Road, Huntersville, NC. A free indoor/outdoor community event, tickets are available at www.hught.org. Designed to inspire and enhance our community’s shared sense of place, HEARTS grass-roots events are known for juxtaposing regional history and ecology with curated local music, visual art, and dance in multi-faceted, place-based programs.
Healing History ‘23’s featured speaker is Aaron Kampe. Kampe will share the history and practice of the naturalistic gardening movement. An informative and engaging speaker, his ecological approach to gardening will be one not to miss.
Naturalistic gardening, also known as natural gardening or wild gardening, is an approach to landscaping that seeks to mirror the natural environment. This style of gardening emphasizes the use of native plants and strives to create a space that looks and functions like a naturally occurring ecosystem. The goal is to foster biodiversity, support local wildlife, and create a low-maintenance garden that thrives with minimal human intervention.
Kampe is a member of the International Dendrological Society and his garden has been featured on BBC’s Gardener’s World. Together with his young daughter, he hosts the Botany for Kids channel on YouTube. His company, Elk Haven Herbals, specializes in the medicinal use of plants. In the last decade he has created, designed, and developed over a dozen niche retail products, some of which sell worldwide.
Healing History’s musical guest is Christy Snow. She is a talented Charlotte-based singer/songwriter, speaker, writer, workshop, and retreat facilitator. Her music empowers others through life-affirming lyrics and messages, inspiring others to live their best life and share their unique expression in the world fully and freely while promoting authenticity and equality.
This year’s Healing History Eco-minutes features backyard herbal remedies for a natural approach to health for common ailments.
The Cedar Grove Hallway features a Junion memorial to the enslaved ancestors of Cedar Grove. Totaling 138 names overall, their names memorialize and honor these individuals' lives and their contributions to this land and our community. Guests are invited to share written words for a collaborative poem dedicated to the ancestors of Cedar Grove which will be created at the end of summer.
Next door, the Hugh Torance House and Store will be open from 2:00-5:00 offering new and interesting local artisan goods and fresh local honey, snacks, beer, wine, sundries, and more. Plan to come early and/or stay late to enjoy the historic grounds and tour the oldest standing store in NC. The Hugh Torance House and Store is one of Mecklenburg County’s few surviving 18th-century structures and is adjacent to Cedar Grove, the 1831 Greek Revival home of James Torrance, son of Hugh and Isabella Torance.

The USDA has hired people to help small communities tap the complex web of programs for money they need to address big problems. But that help is only available in select areas.