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Congressional leaders say they're mostly satisfied with what they've learned about the counterintelligence investigation but have a few more questions for the FBI and Department of Justice.

The ad wars are about to start in earnest. And the best-funded superPAC is about to dominate the airwaves in support of Jeb Bush.

In 1983, a 32-year-old ad man named Steve Stein entered a mixing contest on a whim. By the standards of early hip-hop, he was unusually old and unusually white. But his music, with its brazen use of copyrighted audio samples, got tons of airplay. Restrictions on using samples have plagued Stein (aka Steinski) ever since, but a new retrospective CD demonstrates his mark on history.

President Biden has nominated Adm. Lisa Franchetti to be the next chief of naval operations. If confirmed she'd be the first woman who would serve in that role and on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Senator Kennedy was assassinated in the midst of his historic bid for the presidency.

The Senate rejects passage of legislation that would have given Guantanamo detainees and others the right to challenge their detentions in federal court. The 56-43 vote was just four short of what was needed.

North Carolina state lawmakers are considering creating a licensing process for music therapists.

This comes after recent remarks Omar gave on a college campus where she referred to Jewish students not engaging in an anti-Israel protest "pro-genocidal."

Union County commissioners voted 3-2 Monday night to ban the use of fluoride in the county's water system.

The rising young singer-songwriter, who tours with Willie Nelson and sings on Beyoncé's latest album, is making a name for herself in a new era of more inclusive country music.

The versatile actor had hundreds of screen credits to his name, including "Platoon," "The Rock" and "Final Destination."

More than 60 people were fired, including senior staff in the political data and communications departments, according to a person familiar with the layoffs.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle with KUOW listener Jacob Jaffe of Seattle.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Alan Christensen of Shoreline, Wash. and puzzle master Will Shortz.

The court's majority said Trump's foreign policy authority outweighed the harms claimed by the international aid groups suing.

We are saying goodbye to Skype. In 2009, the app had more than 400 million users, and made up 8% of the world's international calling minutes. Now Microsoft says it has shifted focus to its Teams app.

NPR's Eric Deggans plays the puzzle with CapRadio listener Greg Felton of Stateline, Nev., and Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

The NPR Music editor and All Songs Considered contributor shares her favorite albums of the year, including one that feels like a survival guide to the apocalypse.

An SBI investigation is underway of an in-custody death at the parking lot of an apartment complex in Henderson County on June 15.

Researchers found chiggers carrying a bacterium that causes a disease called scrub typhus. The disease has not previously been reported in the U.S. No cases have been detected in North Carolina yet.