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After nearly 50 years of songwriting, John Prine has released a book, Beyond Words, full of photos, handwritten lyrics and notations full of typical cockeyed humor and Zen-like poetic observation.

Major floods have devastated Eastern Kentucky and parts of Virginia and West Virginia. The death toll continues to climb as search and rescue teams cover the affected areas.

President Biden and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell did some bipartisan bridge-building in Kentucky — at the site of an aging bridge between Kentucky and Ohio.

Fort Campbell says the two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky. The crash is under investigation.

The latest Medicare data show that doctors frequently order MRI scans for patients with back pain before trying recommended treatments such as physical therapy.

The Kentucky hometown of writer bell hooks now has a street named after her, just in time for Women's History Month.

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge yielded stories about how students around the U.S. are thinking about and responding to climate change. Here are some of their ideas.

The U.S. and Mexico reach an understanding to renegotiate NAFTA. There are primary elections in Arizona and Florida. And, a federal school safety commission holds its final public listening session.

http://66.225.205.104/SO20081020.mp3PepsiCo's Chief Scientific Officer Mehmood Khan says the beverage and snack giant was attracted by the range of…

On Wednesday morning, Patrick Cannon was Mayor of Charlotte and a rising political figure in the state. Less than 24 hours later he’s out on bond, no…

A high-concept collaborative album by a veteran rapper and a film composer knits together hip-hop and soul music.

New GMO potatoes don't bruise as easily, and, when fried, they have less of a potentially harmful chemical. Yet some big chip and french fry makers won't touch them because of the stigma of GMOs.

The state's attorney general accuses the companies of targeting children and failing to properly verify customers' ages. The state already filed a similar lawsuit against Juul.

Even as investment in education technology grows, teachers say free tools are just as effective as paid ones.

Three horses and two dozen smaller animals reportedly died. Wranglers say there were sink holes and other "death traps" on the property. The movie production company later paid for improvements at the farm. Director Peter Jackson's movie premieres later this month.

Curtis Cord, publisher of Olive Oil Times, tells NPR's Scott Simon about the olive oil crisis in Italy resulting from a downturn in the production cycle, freak weather conditions and bacteria.

A hedge fund manager is betting $1 billion that it is. The company denies it. It's remarkably difficult to tell who is right.

As the Black Lives Matter movement prompts reckonings about race around the world, India's most popular skin lightening cream is removing the words 'fair,' 'white' and 'light' from its marketing.

The Food and Drug Administration is poised to set a maximum nicotine level in cigarettes and some other tobacco products, looking to make them less addictive and wean smokers off the habit.

Toblerone is moving some of its production to Slovakia, meaning it can no longer legally call itself "Swiss-made." That branding change will include swapping the iconic peak for a more generic one.