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A memorial service for boxer Muhammad Ali was held Friday in his hometown of Louisville, Ky.

The life of boxer Muhammad Ali was celebrated Friday by boxers, religious figures, journalists and former President Bill Clinton at a memorial service in his hometown of Louisville, Ky.

A group of advocates in Louisville took over an abandoned motel and turned it into a no barrier homeless shelter. It's an approach some say is really needed.

Jenny Kiefer is the owner of Butcher Cabin Books in Louisville, Ky. The new bookstore specializes in horror novels.

People across Louisville, Ky., celebrated the life of Muhammad Ali as his body was driven through the city and laid to rest on Friday.

After a difficult year following the police killing of Breonna Taylor, Louisville has a new police chief, Erika Shields, who resigned as Atlanta police chief after the shooting of Rayshard Brook

A celebration of Muhammad Ali's life that focused on children happened Wednesday in Ali's hometown of Louisville, Ky. The festival included music, dance and educational activities and intended to remind young people that they, like Ali, "can become the greatest at whatever they choose."

Noah Adams talks with Robin Roberts of ABC's Wide World of Sports about the Derby that will be held this Saturday at Churchhill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. This year there could be nineteen contenders, which means that although Unbridled Song is the favorite, the horse is not necessarily a shoo-in.

This Saturday, the Kentucky Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals will square off in men's college basketball. It's one of the game's most intense rivalries. The Cardinals are the defending national champions. Kentucky won the title the previous year after defeating Louisville in the Final Four. The teams' modern rivalry dates back 30 years, when Louisville was coached by Denny Crum and Joe B. Hall was at the helm at Kentucky. The two Hall of Fame coaches, once fierce competitors, are now on the same team, hosting a popular radio show.

As one of the nation's oldest partnerships between a theater and a corporation, the Humana Festival of New American Plays is enjoying its 35th year at Kentucky's Actors Theatre of Louisville.

Next month, Louisville, Ky., will catapult from its mid-sized city ranking to become the nation's 16th most populous city. City officials hope to see an increase in business when Louisville merges with its surrounding county. NPR's Cheryl Corley reports.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Portia Cornell from Highland, Ca. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KVCR in San Bernadino.)

Did you really think the apples you lifted out of a wooden crate at a grocery store came from a local farm? Think again. As Martin Lindstrom explains in his new book, Brandwashed, companies use many tricks to manipulate our minds and persuade us to buy.

Writer and essayist Beverly Donofrio made a pilgrimage to Mexico from Los Angeles last year and she found redemption in part by hearing a song by Aaron Neville on her car's cassette tape machine. Donofrio's latest book is Looking for Mary, or The Blessed Mother and Me.

Scotland's signature whisky business continues to struggle. That because of the coronavirus pandemic, and U.S. tariffs that are part of a long-running, unrelated trade dispute over airplanes.

Linda talks with Susan Spain about the redesign of the section of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House that has been blocked to motor traffic. After the Oklahoma City bombing, the street was closed to traffic for security reasons. Spain's plan, currently under review, would make the area into a park which would also allow official motor traffic. Spain is a landscape architect and National Park Service Planner. She leads the team for the "Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House" Long Term Design.

The National Transportation Safety Board has begun its investigation into Tuesday's UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville, Ky. At least eleven people died when the MD-11 crashed during takeoff.

Following the police killing of Breonna Taylor, the U.S. Justice Department says it found a pattern of civil rights violations in its investigation of the Louisville, Ky., police department.

In downtown Louisville, Ky., events paid tribute to Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by police last March.

Five people are dead and nine others injured after a shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville, Ky. The gunman is dead and three police officers were injured after they responded to the shooting.