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Leda Hartman reports on the 32nd annual Hollerin'Contest that was held recently in Spivey's Corner, North Carolina. The contest started as a fund-raiser for the volunteer fire department but has taken on life of its own. Before beepers and cell phones, hollerin' was an important way for rural folks to stay in touch.

Composer and conductor Robert Kapilow talks about his new symphony, DC Citypiece, a musical tribute to the monuments in the nation's capital. In composing the work, Kapilow talked to hundreds of Washington residents about the personal significance of their favorite monuments. He says the word,monument means something to remind or warn.

A report by AARP shows Florida tied for the highest death rate in the nation with 237 Florida nursing-home residents dying of COVID-19 during a four-week period that ended Aug. 22.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on the possibility that Deutsche Telekom will acquire Sprint, if federal regulators succeed in blocking the proposed merger between Sprint and Worldcom. But a merger between the German telecommunications company and Sprint also could face opposition from regulators.

Noah talks to Bill Kilpatrick, Zoologist at the University of Vermont, about the rising number of opossum sightings in Vermont. Possums are not equipped for cold weather. But each year more of these animals are showing up in Champlain. Kilpatrick believes global warming may have something to do with the animals' movement.

Apart from its better-known roles in bluegrass and Dixieland, the banjo was once a sought-after status symbol in late 19th-century America. Young ladies learned to play parlor music on the banjo; there were banjo societies and banjo virtuosi; and manufacturers fought wars over who could make the fanciest banjos. On top of that, this was primarily a northern phenomenon. It's chronicled in a new book, America's Instrument: The Banjo in the 19th Century, by Philip Gura and James Bollman. Paul Brown reports. (7:45) (America's Instrument: The Banjo in the 19th Century is published by University of North Carolina P

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Mexico City on the future of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. In wake of Sunday's defeat at the polls, many PRI supporters are trying to re-establish their party as a player in the new realm of Mexican politics. But others say the victory of the National Action Party's presidential candidate, Vicente Fox, could be the end of the PRI.

NPR's Ted Clark reports that President Clinton has announced a new Middle East summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barka and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The leaders will come to Washington to try to advance the stalled Middle East peace process. The announcement prompted another of Barak's coalition partners, Natan Shransky, to declare that he will resign from the government and take his small party out of the government.

The Washington Monument, which has been closed for renovations for the last three years, is ready to open to the public again. Yesterday the park service held a ceremony to announce the opening and explain what changes were made.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports a study published this week shows the success of an effort by the state of Georgia to make sure children of welfare families are immunized against diseases like polio and diptheria. But some have criticized the program -- which imposes sanctions against welfare families if kids don't get their shots. The study can be found in week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Clair Orr, chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education, about a resolution encouraging public schools to display the national motto, In God We Trust. The State Board is expected to pass this non-binding resolution tomorrow.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken testified on the hill on Afghanistan while the UN holds a donor conference aimed at helping with the looming humanitarian crisis in the country.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with the Wilson Center's Jean Lee about North Korea's testing of cruise missiles and about at how the country is handling COVID-19.

Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker of Low talk with NPR's Lee Hale about their newest album HEY WHAT and how they're still finding their sound.

NPR's Mary Louise talks with a Special Immigration Visa applicant hoping to board a plane out of Afghanistan from the Mazar-i-Sharif International Airport.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday announced upgrades to three major road projects in the greater Tampa Bay region, saying the plans will ease traffic across the area and boost the local economy.

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week follows a watchdog report that detailed "numerous and fundamental errors" of the FBI's handling of the Nassar case.

With a rank of 46, USF billed itself as “America’s fastest-rising” university. The school has risen 48 spots on the U.S. News chart over the past decade.

Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton was involved in a crash at Sunday's Italian Grand Prix. The English driver credits the halo device mounted on his car for saving his life.

NPR's Ari Shapiro visits residents in Detroit's Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood, who talk about their need for infrastructure funding to combat the growing impact of climate change on their community.

A key House Democrat released a plan to increase taxes on corporations and top earners to help offset some of the cost of a plan for child care, community college and many other programs.

The comedy about a relentlessly optimistic American football coach running a London soccer team has attracted British viewers with its comic look at the transatlantic culture clash.

In Massachusetts, a group of resident physicians are using their downtime to call their unvaccinated primary care patients to talk about the COVID-19 shot.

DeSantis said "it is wrong" for municipalities, including the city of Tampa, to require employees to get vaccinated.

Squaw Valley hosted an Olympics, but it now has a new name. "It's a term that was inflicted upon us by somebody else and we don't agree with it," an official of the Washoe Tribe says.