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This month's playlist includes 10 songs by Slingshot artists: public radio's favorite new musicians of 2018.

The Eastern Band of Cherokee dispensary became the first in the Southeast to have legal recreational marijuana sales. More than 4,000 customers showed up at the Great Smoky Cannabis Company on the first day of recreational weed being sold in North Carolina.

Children learning through a TV or computer screen is pretty common these days, thanks in part to a program that debuted in 1969. "Sesame Street" was a show that paved the way for educational TV that could appeal to both children and adults of all ethnicities. One local journalist found his way to that famous place with a New York Times bestseller — and now a documentary that's available on demand.

Some of the biggest speakers of the Republican convention came out Wednesday, including Donald Trump's vice presidential pick Mike Pence. Pence made his debut after Ted Cruz was booed off the stage.

Clearing land for cattle and cows is the single biggest driver of rainforest loss in the Amazon. This "hotel for cows" in Colombia offers a solution.

China is no longer taking the world's waste. The U.S. recycling industry is overwhelmed — it can't keep up with the plastic being churned out. This doesn't bode well for our plastic waste problem.

Farmers are starting to grow new crops in winter, when their fields usually lie fallow. Meanwhile, air pollution, which contributes to climate change, is weakening India's solar energy production.

A lawsuit alleging a U.S. company used forced prison labor in China could have ripple effects across supply chains.

Traveling to 36 countries and 5 oceans, George Steinmetz (and his drones) take us on a food tour in his new book Feed the Planet: A Photographic Journey to the World's Food.

Some districts are using money from a $1.7 billion legal settlement against e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs to pay for the high-tech devices. But there are critics and also privacy concerns.

The alleged last authentic motorcycle used in the 1969 film Easy Rider is going up for auction. The man who designed the bikes, Clifford Vaughs, says he has never gotten proper credit for his work.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said all of the state's 120 counties were impacted by the storm. It also snarled travel at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina. More than 100 flights were cancelled and another 300 were delayed, according to the website FlightAware.com.

State capitals around the country are dealing with security threats, and NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Kentucky's Gov. Andy Beshear about how his state is preparing for protests and unrest.

Nashville, Tenn., resident died of COVID-19 after being sent home from a hospital twice. Uninsured COVID-19 patients are rarely told their bills are covered by the government, an investigation shows.

Legendary crime writer Elmore Leonard published 46 novels, including Get Shorty and Out of Sight. His works were adapted countless times for film and TV. Noah Adams remembers the man whose advice to other writers was "try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip."

With the recent release of Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, the Civil War has been a hot topic. But for some people, like Rod Coddington, it's always an area of interest — blockbuster or not.

Most of the people Michael Croley's debut story collection feel like they don't belong, even in the places they call home — and Croley conjures that unsettled feeling in understated, beautiful prose.

The recruiting and vetting process already is under way for candidates who will run for Congress in 2014. For many candidates, part of that process involves hiring an investigator to look at their own background, as well as that of possible opponents. And there are even classes where you can learn how to do the digging.

Why is insurance employer-based? What kind of health care options would young women face under a President Romney? NPR's health policy correspondent breaks down the issues you want to know about leading up to the election.

Restaurant and hotel workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers even as wages are rising. Employers face a labor shortage.