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Jazz as sacred music within and beyond the boundaries of the organized African American church. Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams, John Coltrane and others are featured.

Prosecutors are preparing to retry the case involving an alleged gang member, accused of fatally shooting a Chester, SC, city councilman in 2014. A…

In recent months, scientists have discovered that some plant and animal species they thought were extinct are not. Dr. Jim Carlton, a marine biologist at Williams College in Massachusetts, tells Jennifer Ludden how scientists determine that a species is extinct.

Negotiator William Ury offers an elegant (but not easy) way to get two opposing sides to agree: the approach? Find the "third side."

Former Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes announced over the weekend that he will enter the Illinois Senate race against Democrat Barack Obama. NPR's Juan Williams speaks with Steve Rauschenberger, a conservative Republican state senator in Illinois, who pushed for the Keyes nomination. Williams will also talk about bare-knuckle politics with Wayne Slater, a senior political writer for The Dallas Morning News and co-author of the book, Bush's Brain: How Karl Rove Made George W. Bush Presidential.

Alberta Martin, the last known widow of a civil war veteran, has died at the age of 97. Alberta Martin married William Japser Martin, a Confederate veteran, in 1927, when she was 21 and he was 81. William Martin died less than four years later, and Alberta Martin married his grandson two months after that. Hear NPR's Melissa Block.

Even the seriously UNDER- appreciated Presidents are remembered somewhere in stone. On this Presidents' Day, we guide listeners to memorials & markers across the land for Martin Van Buren, Franklin Pierce, Rutherford B Hayes, John Tyler, James Buchanan, William Henry Harrison, James K. Polk, Chester A. Arthur, Gerald Ford, William Howard Taft and the forgotten Samuel Huntington -- who served as President between the Revolutionary War and the constitution's establishment. We also hear from Bart Simpson and the group "They Might Be Giants." (12:30) ((ST

NPR's Renee Montagne talks with death row inmate at San Quentin Prison, Stanley 'Tookie' Williams. Williams was convicted of killing four people in the late 1970's, while he was a leader of the Crips, a gang he helped found. Now he's a nominee for this year's Nobel Peace Prize for writing children's books that steer kids away from crime.

Much of the material on Lucinda Williams' West was inspired by the death of her mother, as well as a bitter breakup. The album's heartsick "Are You Alright?" functions as either a post-breakup lament or a tribute to a lost loved one, or possibly both.

The move comes after a bystander's video of the arrest of Nathaniel Williams drew public scrutiny.

Former Thomasville City Schools Superintendent Quincy Williams resigned from his role effective April 27.

The prescription drug Ozempic helps people with diabetes control their blood sugar. But its wild popularity is due to a side effect: rapid weight loss. That's made it hard to find in some areas.

Juan Williams examines what the response to Hurricane Katrina says about race and poverty in the United States. One man says the hurricane ripped the covering off the class lines and racism of America.

Mecklenburg County’s 2011 property tax revaluation found property values were so high—and it drew so many complaints—that state lawmakers required an…

NPR's Michel Martin asks Elliot Williams, former DOJ assistant attorney general, about the strategies and tactics used by Trump administration attorneys in their response to recent court orders.

What does the Pentagon's restrictive new press policy mean for coverage of military affairs? NPR's Michel Martin asks longtime journalist and former Defense Department spokesperson Pete Williams.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with legal analyst Elliot Williams about the latest turn in President Trump's battle over who destroyed the Reflecting Pool.

Stephanie Williams discovered comics young, drawn early to X-Men, which she saw as an allegory for the persecution of black Americans. An adult now, she co-hosts a podcast about black superheroines.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with jazz musician Aaron Diehl about his rendition of "The Zodiac Suite," an album originally composed by Mary Lou Williams in the 1940s.

Historic Brattonsville's Brick House opens its doors to the public Tuesday for the first time since 1885. Two exhibits there aim to tell the story of the Reconstruction Era in York County — and it was a thoughtful decision to focus on that time period.