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The North Mississippi Allstars combine country-blues with a bit of rock to make their trademark rollicking music.

Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman is expected to announce Friday that he will not seek another term after a sweeping defeat in the midterm elections.

What does all the sliding economic news mean for the administration, politically? Will Obama's health care summit and foreclosure plan have any effect? And is Rush Limbaugh really the voice of the Republican Party?

Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are campaigning hard these days for the votes — of superdelegates. More than 300 superdelegates to the party's convention have not yet publicly committed to either candidate.

The FBI, CIA, and State Department issue dire warnings.

Time says it knows "the 140 Twitter feeds that are shaping the conversation." They include NPR's Andy Carvin. You can vote on which belongs.

Lost and tucked away in a private collection for over 150 years, one of J.M.W. Turner's earliest oil paintings has been rediscovered.

GOP Virginia State Sen. Amanda Chase faces calls to resign after attending the rally that gave way to a riot on Wednesday. Following the events, she called those who stormed the Capitol "patriots."

Up to 15 inches of rain is forecast in North Carolina as Hurricane Dorian moves up the East Coast. In Wilmington, authorities say storm surge and flooding is the big concern.

He works with top hip-hop and soul artists, but he's also a supple, simmering pianist with no shortage of jazz cred. Hear Glasper's playful band as it's embraced at the New York jazz bastion.

It's been nearly 50 years since the savvy hard-bop veteran first played the Vanguard. With a new album and a two-week engagement lined up, Walton shows no signs of stopping.

A shortage of tens of thousands of drivers is affecting McDonald's and many other businesses after scores of European truckers left the U.K. in the aftermath of Brexit.

We rebroadcast another episode of our American Popular Song Series; this one will profile composer JEROME KERN. He wrote the songs "All the Things You are," "Can't Help Lovin' That Man," "I'm Old-Fashioned," "Ol' Man River," and "The Way You Look Tonight." A number of those songs are from the broadway musical "Showboat" which he wrote. We'll focus on the music he wrote before then, before 1927. Terry will talk with JOHN MCGLINN, an authority on Kern, and we'll hear performances by: REBECCA LUKER, who is currently starring in the broadway revival of "The Music Man", and who also starred in the revivals of "Showboat" and the "Sound of Music," GEORGE DVORSKY who sang leading roles in the New York City Opera's productions of "Cinderella" and Brigadoon." They'll be accompanied by WILLIAM HICKS, assistant conductor and assistant chorus master at the Metropolitan Opera. Original broadcast: 11/01/99 (THESE INTERVIEWS AND PERFORMANCES CONTINUE THRU THE END OF THE SHOW).12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:30:00...

Mounting debt, concentrated poverty and a political fight have nudged its school system to the brink of insolvency. With nowhere else to cut, district officials voided the teachers' union contract.

Michigan wants to remain a center of automotive development and manufacturing. As the state faces interstate competition, political leaders are looking to industry incentives.

Delaware State University filed a complaint Wednesday to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division calling for an external investigation of the traffic stop.

The U.S. Army says it has banned the use of body armor that is not issued by the military. Army officials say any soldier wearing commercially purchased body armor will have to turn it in and have it replaced by authorized gear. Military officials said they cannot guarantee the commercial gear's safety.

As many as 6,000 people died in the 1900 hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas. Patricia Bellis Bixel, who wrote about the storm and how the city was rebuilt, details the operation for Debbie Elliott.

Jody Williams believes extraordinary things can happen when ordinary people decide to take action. Her own activism led to a 1997 international treaty banning landmines and to a Nobel Peace Prize.

Frontier Airlines and Spirit — the nation's two largest low-cost carriers — are set to merge to create the fifth-largest airline in the country, in a deal valued at more then $6.5 billion.