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Make a list of bands with integrity, still highly respected and still making music after 25 years, and that list will have Cowboy Junkies near the top. The band remains prolific, tender and poignant, as evidenced by this performance at the NPR Music offices.

The latest report from climate scientists provides a stark warning about how fast the planet is changing. Here are the top takeaways.

More than 2,500 champion show dogs have descended upon Madison Square Garden for the 129th Westminster Kennel Club's dog show. One of the top African-American handlers in the sport is there, hoping to make history. Allison Keyes reports.

Jazz vocalist Roberta Gambarini sails like an angel on top of a song, while Freddy Cole's baritone voice rides low, full of experience but still sentimental. Hear them both in a concert recorded live for JazzSet.

Always provocative, the band jettisons post-punk thrash in favor of a sturdier Top 40 pop sound that recalls the early to mid-'80s.

"If the Shoe Don't Fit" could have topped the charts like "I Want You Back" and "The Love You Save."

Commentator Rob Kapilow explains how Copland's pure, American sound springs from two simple chords that open the ballet Appalachian Spring. Stacked upon each other, the chords reveal a sound like all of America, like the purest values, and like Shaker simplicity.

Rishi Sunak will be the first British Asian to become prime minister and the first Hindu to take the top job. At 42, he'll also be the youngest prime minister in more than 200 years.

García Luna headed Mexico's federal police and became the country's top public safety official between 2006 and 2012. He was convicted of taking large bribes from drug cartels.

A new poll says Americans think New York is the most corrupt state in the country. But is it? There are lots of ways to calculate it.

Hayes Carll made a stir in Americana music with his self-released 2004 album, Little Rock. Music critic Robert Christgau says that Carll has matured some since then, and that maturity sounds good on him. Carll is good for a laugh, but Christgau says his sensitive side puts his new album, Trouble In Mind, over the top.

Equestrian Kat Naud was on track to qualify for the Olympics when her 1500-pound horse fell on top of her. But the accident was only the beginning of a journey to manage pain that will never go away.

Gov. Josh Stein called urgently for over $1 billion in state funding to help with Hurricane Helene recovery across western North Carolina.

"I am deeply troubled by the false allegations regarding the management of the Kennedy Center," Deborah Rutter wrote in a statement.

Congress has reached a deal on a $900 billion coronavirus relief package, which includes direct payments, money for small businesses, resources for vaccine distribution and more.

The United Kingdom's top science adviser says, "The epidemic is doubling roughly every seven days" — warning of a dangerously high rate of new coronavirus cases.

South Korea has deemed its K-pop stars soft power national security assets. And with a new law, K-pop artists can now defer mandatory military service along with classical musicians and star athletes.

Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR's Deborah Amos about how people in Saudi Arabia are reacting to Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance and alleged murder.

As the nation's public schools reopen this fall, many are facing budget deficits and scarce money due to sequestration. Experts say districts with large numbers of poor students are hit the hardest.

The fastest man in the world could soon be the fastest soccer player in the world. Usain Bolt, world record holder in the 100-meters and 200-meters, is about to sprint into a professional soccer career.