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The singer-songwriter behind the hit "Walking in Memphis" was only 11 years old in 1970, but music from that year left a significant impression on him. Cohn's latest album, Listening Booth: 1970, is devoted to covers of some of 1970's greatest songs -- including an eclectic range of classics by artists such as Paul McCartney, Simon & Garfunkel and Smokey Robinson.

During the 1940s and '50s, Dameron focused his considerable compositional talents on the emerging jazz style called bebop. During a relatively brief period, Dameron composed a body of work that helped define and expand the parameters of this music.

Biden mistakenly called out for the Indiana Republican who died in a car crash in August. She had cosponsored a bill to fund the conference.

With elections nearing in the U.S., talks on reviving the nuclear deal with Iran and world powers seem to be hitting a rough patch again.

North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Tuesday that flew over Japan for the first time in five years, the South Korean government said, triggering alerts across Japan.

It's election day in one of the worlds largest democracies, Brazil, and people there and abroad are holding their breath and hoping the result will be respected.

The Funky Freqs came up playing the post-Corea jazz-rock style known as free funk — music with fewer complicated melodies and more earthy grooving. Their new album is Hymn of the Third Galaxy.

For most British citizens, Queen Elizabeth is the only monarch they've known. But there are still many people who remember her as a young princess and who watched her grand coronation as queen.

New developments emerged this week in negotiations between the U.S. and Iran over reviving the nuclear weapons agreement abandoned by the Trump administration.

As the The Rings of Power deals with a racist review-bombing campaign, Córdova reflects on the impact his inclusion in the series has for other marginalized people.

NASA plans to test launch its newest rocket — one it hopes will eventually take astronauts back to the moon. But the rocket's big price tag has some critics skeptical about its future.

Texas laws bar Wall Street firms from operating in the state if they stop investing in firearms and fossil fuels. An analysis shows that has cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars this year.

Before Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin was elected, years of work went into updating the executive mansion tour to include the lives of enslaved people. His revamped tour doesn't mention slavery.

He wrote acclaimed books about Harry Truman and John Adams, along with the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal. He also was the authoritative voice narrating TV films such as The Civil War in 1990.

Russia's attempt to disrupt the 2016 election has election officials in states that use electronic-only voting machines considering returning to paper ballots.

Can inspiration hit too close to home? Author Alex Gilvarry chronicles the challenges of trying to emulate famed writer Norman Mailer — while staying in Mailer's old house.

CNN chief Chris Licht informed host Brian Stelter that Reliable Sources would be canceled after more than three decades on air amid a great level of cost-cutting at the network.

China is suffering through its worst heat wave on record. Cities are cutting power and provinces are seeding clouds, hoping for rain.

Aug. 24 marks the day when Ukraine's parliament vowed to separate from the Soviet Union in 1991. The date this year will also mark six months since Russia's invasion began.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Max Seddon, Moscow bureau chief for The Financial Times, about a weekend car bombing outside of Moscow that killed the daughter of a key ally of President Putin.