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Susan Kaplan from member station W-F-C-R in Amherst, Massachusetts reports on a trend in the Jewish community. More and more Jewish adults are looking for ways to reconnect with their faith.

A spokesman for Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) says Ney will step aside temporarily as chairman of the House Administration Committee. Ney is a key figure in a Justice Department investigation of corruption.

NPR's Tavis Smiley talks to Van Hunt, the "new voice of sexy soul," about his music, his influences and the future of R&B.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a hallenge for everyone at home. [This week's winner is Jay Bradbury, a teacher f special education in Madison, Wisconsin. His public radio stations are -E-R-N and W-H-A.]

NPR's Brian Naylor profiles the once -- and now next -- chairman of Armed Services Committee, Sen. John Warner (R-VA).

Saxophonist Gerald Albright's latest album, Kicking It Up, combines new jazz, funk and R&B. Albright discusses the project with NPR's Tony Cox.

On April 1, 1984, pop, soul and R&B singer Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his father at their home in Los Angeles. News and Notes remembers Gaye and his music on the eve of his birthday.

Essence's new Editor-in-Chief Constance C.R. White is putting her first official stamp on the magazine for its July issue, which features Beyonce's debut cover story and profiles of socially influential women abroad. To learn more about these articles and how Essence plans to better capture the lives of everyday black women, host Michel Martin speaks with its new Chief Constance C.R. White.

Fallout continues after the arrest and rape charge of a Sycamore Brewing co-founder, Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden warns Border Patrol may return, President Trump is set to speak Friday in Rocky Mount, and the Panthers face their biggest game of the season.

The passionate sounds of Lucinda Williams R.L. Burnside sings of hard times and bad luck and more.

The singer has just released her fifth album as an R&B solo artist. She says the skills she gleaned studying opera in her youth still come in handy.

The Radio Television Digital News Association recognized WFAE with a regional Edward R. Murrow Award in the investigative reporting category.

Also: Philip Roth talks about his male characters; a preview of George R.R. Martin's next book; the best books coming out this week.

Trumpet player Roy Hargrove has two bands — one a straight-ahead jazz combo, the other a soul-tinged R&B band. Instead of choosing one or the other, he recently decided to release two very different CDs simultaneously.

For more than a decade, agricultural attorney Jillian Hishaw has been working in the southeast to alleviate hunger, help financially distressed farmers…

A Colorado man is suing Bank of America over trademarks for its use of Erica, the virtual assistant the Charlotte-based bank created to help customers who…

Sen. Joyce Krawiec, R-Forsyth, and Rep. Rosa Gill, D-Wake, say they won't seek reelection.

More than two dozen of Sunday night's Grammy winners have recorded Tiny Desk concerts.

In a year when the industry bet on fresh tech and virtual worlds, NPR's hip-hop and R&B editor found these albums powerfully immersive all on their own.

Great Scott, the gritty little club in Boston's Allston neighborhood, will not reopen after the pandemic. This oral history dives into the club's 44-year-long legacy.