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OPEC+ announced a cut of 2 million barrels a day starting next month. Some Democrats on Capitol Hill want to retaliate by cutting off military aid and reexamine ties to Saudi Arabia.

Reid is Rocky Mountain bureau chief for The Washington Post. Previously he was the Post's London bureau chief, and their Tokyo bureau chief. He is also an NPR commentator. His new book is The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy.

The R&B singer recently unveiled new chapters in his Trapped in the Closet series, a hybrid of music video and soap opera whose narrative is powered by sexual secrets.

They are the longest movies we’ve ever watched. There is no plot. We don’t know any of the characters’ names. But we’ve become mesmerized.The movies…

Jeffrey Pierre is an editor and producer on the Education Desk, where helps the team manage workflows, coordinate member station coverage, social media and the NPR Ed newsletter. Before the Education Desk, he was a producer and director on Morning Edition and the Up First podcast.

Taylor, who gave up his salary last year to support front-line restaurant workers, is being remembered as a "people-first leader." He died by suicide last week at age 65.

The academic games were canceled last year, but the mental sport is back. First lady Jill Biden is attending the finals Thursday night in Orlando, Fla.

The additional sentence from last year's child pornography and enticement convictions in Chicago would add to 30 years the R&B singer and songwriter recently began serving in a New York case.

Julia Barton of member station WHYY reports that protesters arrested outside last week's Republican National Convention remain in jail days later, and refuse to give their names to police. The protesters say people could be singled out if they did give real names, but police contend protesters are remaining in jail by choice.

We all know the words to "Happy Birthday to You" — yet the song's still tough for kids to sing. Now, tucked in the notes of the sisters who wrote it, an easier draft of the song has finally surfaced.

Scheffler, who won the Masters last month, was arrested and charged after an interaction Friday morning with a police officer directing traffic into to the golf club where the PGA event is being held.

One of the leading voices of early 1980s R&B, Cavin Yarbrough, of the singing duo Yarbrough and Peoples, passed away at the age of 71.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks Billy Kobin of the Courier Journal in Louisville about a former detective pleading guilty to a federal charge for her role in the deadly police shooting of Breonna Taylor.

After defying local authorities by operating despite a shelter-in-place order, Tesla is now planning to suspend production in California. The automaker says the federal government told it to operate.

For the Struggle, Inc. will hold its 4th Annual Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday, June 17th from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Senior drive between Dr. Webber Ave and LaSalle Street- in front of West Charlotte High School. For the Struggle, Inc. has partnered with several nonprofit organizations in the Charlotte community to organize this grand celebration on Charlotte’s historically black corridor. The celebration will include special accommodations and seating for senior citizens, kids games, face painting, jumping houses, a game truck, tens of vendors, live performances and appearances from Hugo of the Charlotte Hornets! Free admission also includes free prizes and giveaways for people who register for the event on Eventbrite. Registration is free!

You’re invited to our upcoming “Friendraiser” hosted by our friends at Pilot Brewing!
Join us for an afternoon of craft beer, friends, raffle give aways, & community impact. We invite all of our current supporters, volunteers, and friends to come and to bring a friend who may not yet know about our work.
This is your chance to get to know MaShonna, our incoming Chief Dignity Officer & learn more about Project Outpour.
All are invited! Come prepared to sip & savor in support of our cause at Project Outpour!
Details:
Entry is Free - Beer and food truck snacks available for purchase
Saturday, June 1, 2024 1pm - 4pm EST
Pilot Brewing, 1331 Central Ave., Ste 104 Charlotte, NC 28205

A rare May storm is pouring record snowfall in parts of the Plains and the Upper Midwest. And there's concern that snowflakes could fall as far south as Alabama and Mississippi.

Amendment 2 would have added language to the state constitution rejecting a right to abortion, effectively leaving the question to Kentucky's Republican-controlled legislature.

Michael Stipe and Mike Mills share some of the stories behind the band's landmark album and how it became an unlikely hit.