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The film Amazing Grace focuses on William Wilberforce, who led the movement in the British Parliament to abolish slavery. It tells a story of idealism and speaking truth to power.

When former President Bill Clinton met with George W. Bush before leaving office, he told his successor that Osama bin Laden, the Middle East and North Korea posed more of a threat to U.S. national security than Iraq, Clinton says. In the first part of a two-part interview, Clinton also tells NPR's Juan Williams that bin Laden dominated intelligence discussions at the White House.

Despite the rain, highlights includes performances by Lil Wayne, Doechii, Latto, Kaytranada and more.

The royal family was roiled by a another nudity scandal just weeks ago, when Prince Harry was photographed in the buff.

"Street Livin'" presents a stark departure for the Top 40 hip-hop group.

This week, the Americana music industry gathered at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville to honor the best and brightest in its corner of the music world. Listen to a recording of the entire show.

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

President Bush nominates U.S. Rep. Christopher Cox (R-CA) to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. He will replace William Donaldson when he steps down June 30.

Former President Bill Clinton says he tried to separate his "personal mistakes" in the Monica Lewinsky scandal from his battle to fight an "illegitimate" impeachment over efforts to conceal his affair with the White House intern. Clinton's remarks come in part two an interview with NPR's Juan Williams in conjunction with the release of his new autobiography, My Life.

Hear the two-hour memorial service for soul music pioneer Ray Charles, who died Thursday, June 10, at 73. Participants include Clint Eastwood, B.B. King, Willie Nelson and Stevie Wonder.

In the last 30 years of jazz, bassist Reid has been a major-league support player with saxophonist Dexter Gordon, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, and trombonist JJ Johnson. These days, he works as a composer and bandleader. Hear a full concert recorded by JazzSet.

Beginning Friday, Sept. 16, watch Taj Mahal, Lucinda Williams, Felice Brothers, Kathleen Edwards, Jenny Lewis and more perform live on the Camden Waterfront in Camden, N.J.

William Welch was criticized for his oversight of the corruption case against the Alaska senator that ended in collapse. He has told associates he will leave the Department of Justice.

The public will have four days to pay their respects to the queen at Westminster Hall. President Biden and other world leaders are expected to attend her funeral.

Composer Nicholas Maw turns William Styron's searing novel Sophie's Choice into a brilliant and moving opera. World of Opera presents the work's American premiere, from the Washington National Opera.

In 1963, William Lewis Moore was murdered in Alabama while on a civil rights protest walk. Silence around the murder bothered one man for years, until he campaigned to put up a marker about it.

A little-known Social Security program was supposed to lift people out of poverty. Sometimes it traps them there instead.

When a politician takes the convention stage, he or she is speaking to two very different audiences: the undecided viewers at home and the delegates in the arena. Thursday night, John McCain officially accepted the GOP's presidential nomination. On the convention floor, his acceptance speech was well received.

Journalist Owen Williams thinks he's found the right way to hang toilet paper. He tweeted a picture of the first TP patent. The drawings, from 1891, show the paper clearly hanging over the roll.

Chester, South Carolina has a population around 5,500. It is in many ways a classic small Southern city. Chartered in 1840, the town has plenty of…