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Also: A suspected tornado touches down in northern Illinois; former N.Y. Rep. Michael Grimm is to be sentenced on a tax fraud charge; and Japan throws out expensive plans for its Olympic stadium.

Also: President Obama promises maritime aid to Asian Pacific allies; Guinea's last Ebola patient is released from the hospital; and blizzards and flooding threaten parts of the U.S. today.

The track is the first single from Beck's just-announced album, Hyperspace, due out sometime later this year.

This is the tale of one man's slobbering, very unpretty pet cat, his brave sister, his homicidal yet generous uncle, and what happened one winter night when he was a boy.

Gaston County Commissioners voted 6-0 Thursday night in support of a resolution that calls for the General Assembly to make gun permit records secret.…

Earth can be seen rotating as it recedes into the distance. The time-lapse was made by stitching 358 frames taken over a 24-hour period.

Sniffer dogs, earthmovers and other heavy equipment are arriving to the quake zone area to help with the rescue effort and provide for those left homeless.

It seems like more and more of the U.S. government's business is taking place behind closed doors. What aren't we being told, and why?

After one year of providing professional development and other support to African-American male teachers, the founders of the group Profound Gentlemen say…

A new exhibit at the National Museum of the American Indian takes visitors from the Trail of Tears to Native Americans in pop culture. We’ll talk with the curators.

Guess which NPR personality got to experience the dancing in Rio's storied Sambadrome? Lulu Garcia-Navarro offers a shout-out to her home team Vila Isabel, performing in tonight's Samba event.

Rebuilding the grid is a huge job, but the biggest contract awarded so far went to a tiny, for-profit company that had only two permanent employees when the storm hit.

Hear the band's AmericanaFest performance, drawing from its 2013 comeback album, In Time, as well as an interpretation of the John Anderson tune "Swingin'."

There may be no fool-proof secret to happiness, but Pharrell's song "Happy" definitely delivers some instant joy. Pharrell shares what inspires him to keep smiling.

http://66.225.205.104/MT20120720.mp3Charlotte-area voters are already being inundated by presidential campaign ads from the Democratic and Republican…

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney (left) and his vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan R-Wis. (right) speak during a campaign rally at…

For each famous name given, change either the first or last letter of the last name to a new letter, and rearrange the result to name a country.

A new reissue uncovers Mitch Easter's original mix for Love Tractor's most popular song. The jangly rock band was featured in the Athens, Ga.: Inside/Out documentary.

Surrounding the Americana Honors & Awards Show, AMERICANAFEST will be broadcasting their live performances, beginning Sept. 24.

Faye Webster has come to terms with her gift for guffaws.