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On its debut album, Sheer Mag prove to be rock 'n' roll scholars who can map history onto present concerns.

Philadelphia tastemakers Cherry-Veen Zine and WXPN, with help from PowerCycle Productions, highlight the breadth of the city's local music scene through a series of live stream concerts.

The internet pounced on a senator's clumsy ask that Facebook end "finsta," but there was more to take away from a recent hearing about how Congress understands Big Tech.

'Magic: the Gathering' partnered with fantasy's most iconic book series and inspired a bidding war over a special "The One Ring" card so fierce it'd make Gollum blush.

Gilead Sciences has committed to donating the initial supply of the experimental antiviral drug. But executives said the company will need to make expanded production of the treatment sustainable.

Inflation, the curse of our pocketbooks and the Federal Reserve, has hit almost every good in the U.S. But the price of a beloved toy has managed to hover around $1 — for more than 50 years.

The iPhone was auctioned off for over 100 times more than its original cost — the latest record-breaking sum for such a sale. An expert explains how old gadgets became "similar to precious metals."

The Commerce Department says solar panel makers in four Southeast Asian countries are evading U.S. duties on Chinese solar components. The finding could raise costs in the United States.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rodney Carmichael from NPR Music about the legacy of Rico Wade, a foundational producer of Atlanta Hip-Hop.

Global oil prices dropped again, falling to an 11-year low on Wednesday as investors worried about weak demand for refined petroleum products. New government data show U.S. stockpiles of gasoline and distillates, including diesel fuel and heating oil, soared in recent days, offsetting a decline in crude supplies. Taken together, crude and refined products are now at a record high, and that glut is driving retail prices lower.

Two more North Carolina parents are suing the food distributor WanaBana, saying their children suffered lead poisoning from the company's fruit puree products.

Roberta Flack is only solo artist to win two consecutive Record of the Year Grammys and she helped usher in an enduring style of R&B. Could she be pop music's most under-appreciated influence?

Parents are increasingly turning to weighted sleepwear to help lull their babies to sleep, but a growing number of doctors and safe sleep advocates warn it comes with risks that shouldn't be ignored.

Nestlé USA listed 26 products that may contain "food-grade rubber pieces." They include "ready-to-bake refrigerated Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough bars, tubs and tube-shaped 'chubs.' "

The contaminants may have been accidentally mixed into the product during the manufacturing process, Kraft Heinz says. No illnesses have been reported.

Officials with Beef Products Incorporated, or BPI, will permanently close three production plants in Iowa, Texas and Kansas by the end of the month. BPI is the maker of finely textured beef. Critics call it pink slime. About 650 people will lose their jobs.

More than 400 of the best songs of 2015, selected by NPR Music's dedicated listeners and crossing more than a dozen genres. And you can listen to every single one.

The Las Vegas production of Shakespeare's The Tempestfeatures music by Tom Waits and direction by the usually silent magician Teller, who you can hear speak (!) about the production here.

In Thailand, deadly floods are damaging production facilities for car parts and computer components. Toyota, Ford, GM and Honda having production problems, as are Sony, Canon, Toshiba and Apple. In other news, U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase announced it will not impose a new debit card fee, joining Citigroup and US Bancorp.

The main pockets of the recalled products have magnet-lined closures, which "can fail and release the magnets." Swallowing magnets can cause serious injury and even death.