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The circus was founded to lift kids out of poverty and change racial attitudes. It's become a world-famous institution — performing for Barack Obama, for example — while holding true to its dream.

Charlie LeDuff examines the slow decline of a once rich city in Detroit, which appears at No. 11.

Debuting at No. 3, Anna Quindlen's Still Life With Bread Crumbstells a story of unexpected love.

Weird Al Yankovic has made a name for himself with spot-on song parodies. 40 years into his career, a look at some of his best tunes reveals the expertise and creativity it takes to do what he does.

The Defense Department announced Sunday that six men being held at Guantanamo Bay prison have been transferred to Uruguay. NPR's Arun Rath talks to Charlie Savage of the New York Times.

Authorities believe the three gunmen may have had more accomplices than first thought. A total of 17 victims and the three gunmen died in three days of bloodshed last week.

The alleged gunman, 24, has been charged with murder after the Friday shootings in northeast Mississippi. The victims include his father, uncle, brother and a 7-year-old relative, authorities said.

In a conversation with Morning Edition, Joe Kahn, executive editor of The New York Times, discussed the danger to free press under Trump and critiques of his newsroom from both the left and the right.

The committee's unanimous vote sets up a vote in the House whether to refer criminal contempt referrals against Dan Scavino Jr. and Peter Navarro to the Justice Department.

The Atlanta-hailing enigma returns with his sophomore album about love, loss, fatherhood and pressure.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board's District 6 races features an incumbent who agrees with two challengers that the current board has failed to lead.

Fashion Night at the Mint + Wednesday Night Live
5-9 PM | Free, cash bar
Join for a night of fashion and design programming that celebrates the exhibition Fashion Reimagined: Themes and Variations, 1760-NOW. All museum galleries will be open from 5-9 PM

6 PM: Curator-led tour: 18th-century Fashion
Join Senior Curator of Craft, Design, and Fashion Annie Carlano for a tour of 18th-century fashion in the Fashion Reimagined exhibition. Limited capacity. Registration required.
Level 3, Gorelick Gallery
6-6:30 PM | Free

6:30 PM: Wednesday Night Live: Fashion House Ball + Vogue Performance
Five houses from the regional and local Ballroom scene will perform and give a breakdown on the five categories of Vogue: Catwalk, Hands, Spins and Dips, Duckwalk and Floor Performance. The performances will serve looks inspired by designs currently on display in Fashion Reimagined. Presented by Bank of America.
Robert Haywood Morrison Atrium
6:30 PM | Free

6-9 PM: Graphic GarMINT Opening Reception
Graphic GarMINT installation honors and highlights the creativity and work of locally based Black designers. MacFly Fresh Printing Co. will be screen-printing live on site, plus live DJ and cash bar.
Level 5, Mint5pace
6-9 PM | Free

Wednesday Night Live, presented by Bank of America, includes free admission to the museums (Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, and the Mint Museum) from 5 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday, as well as live entertainment or programming at one of the five participating institutions each week. For more information about Wednesday Night Live and to view the current schedule, please visit www.wednesdaynightliveclt.com or follow them @WedNightLiveCLT on Facebook and Instagram.

http://66.225.205.104/LM20100518.mp3Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones is recommending a budget tonight that includes 6 percent cuts to Charlotte…

The chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection called the attack a "culmination of an attempted coup," in opening remarks at Thursday's hearing about that day's riot.

Three hearings down. At least two more to go.

The proposed solution would only provide food and aid to around 60 percent of Gaza's civilians initially, according to a copy of the proposal reviewed by NPR.

True crime books, podcasts and documentaries capture audiences everywhere.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian troops at the Dnipro River, and the long game in the war.

Commander of Air Force operations in Europe and Africa, Gen. Frank Gorenc, is concerned about the buildup of Russian missile defenses, saying they threaten NATO military access to airspace in Europe.

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots,” said civil rights leader Marcus Mosiah Garvey, a thought that could just as easily apply to the history (or lack thereof) of music.Look at the iconization of Elvis Presley, which rarely mentions the influence of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, or chart-topping Bruno Mars who learned how to bust a move from soul forefathers like James Brown. For Tyrone Jefferson and Toni Tupponce, A Sign of the Times’ legacy is to share these oft-forgotten stories of black history through music, dance and spoken word.