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The iconic R&B vocalist sits down with author Nelson George for an in-depth interview at the Brooklyn Museum on Wednesday, May 21, part of Red Bull Music Academy's Festival New York.

Guitarist Keb Mo channels the spirit of the earliest blues legends into a modern feel and context. His career has seen him pay tribute to many giants of the blues genre, while also demonstrating a songwriting talent that has produced numerous original compositions incorporating elements of jazz, R&B and folk.

At 16, Elizabeth Deutsch Earle's essay on her search for religion became part of Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe series. Half a century later, as NPR revives the series, she contributes a second essay. She discusses both experiences with Liane Hansen.

The gun used in Dayton has the same core component as an AR-15-style rifle. It also has a 100-bullet magazine. But it's legally considered a pistol.

The property is off I-77 Exit 30, behind Homewood Suites. MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., a New York-based distributor of metalworking and industrial…

The property is off I-77 Exit 30, behind Homewood Suites. MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc., a New York-based distributor of metalworking and industrial…

On this week's round-table podcast, we talk about BBC America's popular drama and delve into the dream sequence, one of popular entertainment's favorite devices, for good or ill.

Ann Romney dishes on a surprise she received several years ago while taking an unofficial tour of the president's place.

When we asked movie critic Bob Mondello to contribute to our Book Your Trip series, he immediately began humming show tunes. Spend six minutes listening to this story and you'll be singing along, too.

State environmental regulators will hold a series of public hearings in February on plans to excavate coal ash at six Duke Energy plants around the state,…

He helped pave the way for the renegade genre known as blaxpolitation, with movies that were bitingly funny, sexually swaggering and occasionally violent, that put Black protagonists front and center.

For $3.5 million, you can roam the halls of the Los Angeles house where Freddie Krueger murdered his victims. You have until Halloween to make an offer.

His clothes may have been seen by more people than any other tailor on earth. And you probably don't know his name. On Tuesday, you'll get a chance to see his work, when the President of the United States gives his State of the Union speech in a hand-made suit from Georges De Paris. NPR's Kitty Eisele talks with the man known as "Tailor to the Presidents."

With so many classic Christmas carols to choose from, creating brand new ones can be daunting, but English conductor-composer John Rutter has been at it for nearly 50 years. He shares his tips on what makes a good carol.

The Secret Service says a man told a uniformed Secret Service officer that he had a gun and aimed an object toward the officer, who fired his weapon. The man was taken to a hospital.

Roscoe's is well-known for chicken and waffles, but it wasn't the first.Edit | RemoveChicken and waffles. Together. Crispy, savory chicken fried to golden…

A new album by Cappella Amsterdam uncovers rarely heard music by the quirky Czech master.

Since childhood, Joshua Roman's life revolved around the cello. But when long COVID forced him to set his cello aside, he had to rethink his approach to life, faith and music.

Mecklenburg County’s Salvation Army Center of Hope shelter and Roof Above’s Lucille Giles Men’s Shelter are expanding their capacity this weekend because of cold temperatures and predicted wintry weather.

President Trump is one of many leaders and entrepreneurs, past and present, who have put forth untested and even potentially dangerous proposals during a health crisis.