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Rick Hall dedicated his life to putting Muscle Shoals, Ala., on the musical map, and he succeeded. Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Wilson Pickett and others recorded hit songs there, thanks to Hall's work. He died Tuesday at the age of 85.

A tiny nonprofit in the Bay Area is using sharing to help ease one of the nation's worst homelessness crises.

Rethinking what we need versus what we want. Author Ann Patchett took up the challenge.

A law prohibiting unlicensed dancing in New York City lived long past its original intent. DJ and producer Louie Vega celebrates its repeal with a 91-song playlist, one for each year of its lifetime.

Efforts to eliminate harassment in the workplace target a site where couples tend to meet and fall in love — but also a place where power can be abused.

Three months later, 19-year-old Nisha Dupuis says the British territory has come a long way. But the recovery effort continues.

Johnson C. Smith University was placed on probation last week by its accreditation agency. This week that agency released a bit more information about why…

The Carolina Panthers announced Friday the team is conducting an internal investigation into allegations of workplace misconduct against team owner Jerry…

Five reporters go to the New York Produce Show and Conference, each on a mission.

Mirik Milan helps oversee Amsterdam over night. NPR's Scott Simon asks him about being a "night mayor" and how he balances the needs of residents with the city's desire to have a vibrant nightlife.

NPR's Scott Simon asks the SETI Institute's Seth Shostak about what scientists have learned so far about a recently detected interstellar object.

Scientists say they know the amount of rain that fell on Houston during Harvey through the pressure all that water put on the Earth's crust.

The correspondent and anchor, known for her reporting from Donald Trump's presidential campaign, fields questions about the multi-poultry Thanksgiving delicacy.

Our panelists predict now that we have pitiless avocados, what will be the next unnecessary food innovation.

The box office receipts for the latest Star Wars movie were a huge year-end gift to Disney. The media giant is about to get bigger with a deal to buy Fox. Steve Inskeep talks to CNN's Hadas Gold.

GOP lawmakers hope to vote on the tax plan before they head home for the holidays. And an electoral tribunal in Honduras has declared President Juan Orlando Hernandez winner of November's election.

President Juan Orlando Hernandez was declared the winner of the country's disputed election after three weeks of uncertainty and unrest. The Organization of American States called for fresh elections.

Melting permafrost and major storms are eating away at the coastal Alaskan village of Newtok. Residents are desperate to move, but the U.S. has no climate change relocation plan that could help them.

Atlanta is the world's busiest airport and for most of Sunday, the power was out. Hundreds of flights were canceled and thousands of passengers are stuck — a week before the busy Christmas holiday.

We asked and you voted: Here are the 100 best albums of the year, as selected by All Songs Considered listeners.