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What do UFOs, Fireball Cinnamon and a dead snowshoe hare have in common? They all made the list of NPR.org's top stories of the year.

On this week's All Songs Considered we share NPR Music listeners' picks for the top new artists from the first half of the year.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services says it plans to return control of Cardinal Innovations Healthcare to the new board of…

Sales increased by 11 percent. The announcement does not include revenue tied to the chart-topping movie. The Lego Movie was released this month.

The depth of Russian interference in U.S. elections is deeper and darker than you know. A top reporter who has covered it all, reveals the chilling facts.

The evidence shows officers disagreed on the extent of the injuries to George Zimmerman.

The latest World Happiness report finds Scandinavian countries once again dominating the top of the rankings, while the U.S. climbed from 19th to 16th.

Manhattan and Munster, Ind., top the list for growth in Medicare services provided by doctors.

This week's From the Top comes from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, where a 16-year-old French horn player with an inspirational story performs Saint-Saëns. Also, a teen trio plays music by Arutiunian, and two young guitarists collaborate on traditional tunes in the presence of their idol, the legendary Christopher Parkening. This program originally aired Feb. 7, 2007

Paul McCartney knew he'd never top The Beatles — and that's just fine with him. David Bianculli reviews Dexter: New Blood. Edgar Wright tells a different kind of ghost story in Last Night in Soho.

In "My Wife, Lost in the Wild," Beirut's Zach Condon constructs a remarkable sonic structure, built around whirling synths and swirling beats. He layers his clear, gorgeous crooner's voice on top of itself, piling on in a round robin with himself to dizzying effect, culminating in an a cappella ending in which Condon serenades, "You'll send your heart to me" over and over as he harmonizes with himself.

We call on some of the top Latinx music writers to help us look back at some of their top cuts of 2017.

Right now supermarket shelves are overflowing with apples. Host Guy Raz visits the kitchen of Top Chef Carla Hall to turn some of that autumn bounty into an Apple Cranberry Frangipane Tart.

The historically Black university is receiving $80 million in private money as part of the Mayor's Racial Equity Initiative. The goal is to vault the school to be one of the top ten HBCUs in the country and a recruiting ground for businesses.

The public health risk remains low, but bird flu variants have proven to be unpredictable, which is why the virus is a top priority for the federal government.

The Senate confirmed Antony Blinken as President Biden's secretary of state on Tuesday. The vote was 78-22. As the top U.S. diplomat, Blinken will face an array of national security challenges.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, a rap group out of Seattle, say they rose to the top without a label. That's not entirely true.

The spellers made it through 25 championship rounds to be named co-winners. Nihar Saireddy Janga was among the youngest in the finals; Jairam Jagadeesh Hathwar follows his brother, a 2014 co-champ.

Movies starring women did the best at the box office in 2017. The top three spots for highest grossing domestic films featured female lead roles.

Picking one winner from thousands of amazing entries wasn't easy. But one singer-songwriter rose to the top, with a song about rooting yourself in nature that stopped our judges in their tracks.