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NPR's Brittany Luse, host of It's Been a Minute, talks with actor Steven Yeun about his new Netflix series, a hate-fueled romp called Beef.

Guitarist Link Wray died on November 5 at the age of 76. He's credited with inventing the power chord in the 1950s. His first big recording hit was the 1958 instrumental Rumble. When he went to record the song, he wasn't happy with the sound on the amp, so he pierced holes in the speaker cone to create additional distortion. Guitarists including Pete Townshend and John Lennon were influenced by his work. Wray's other hits include Rawhide and the Batman theme.

In a 5-4 vote with vast repercussions for the U.S. criminal justice system, the Supreme Court invalidates the criminal sentencing system of Washington state. The court's ruling emphasizes the role of juries in determining sentences, and stirs speculation that the sentencing guidelines used by many states and the federal government won't be able to withstand a constitutional challenge. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

Public health officials say millions of Americans who are at risk for the flu this winter still need to be vaccinated -- and some people who have already gotten shots might need a second dose. The CDC reports that a particularly dangerous strain of the flu is about this year...and even some people who have been vaccinated may not be fully protected. About 5 percent of people who got flu shots this year received a batch of vaccine that isn't as potent as it should have been. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Luz Vargas' son was home alone on the day of the Maui fire while she, her husband, and their middle son were at work. They raced home to save him but he died in the fire.

Heading into the WNBA finals, NPR's Michel Martin talks to Jesse Washington, senior writer with Andscape, about whether the Minnesota Lynx have a chance against the dominant New York Liberty.

Although hospitals are required by law to post their prices online, many do not. Congress and now even employers and unions are demanding that changes.

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ broad statement on U.S. drug prices doesn’t paint the full picture. Studies we examined generally found that U.S. prices were 2 to 4 times those in other countries, not 10.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with law professor Cynthia Lee about her proposal that states raise the standard of when an officer is allowed to use force.

Most beef cattle receive antibiotics in their feed to prevent liver abscesses while eating a high-energy diet. There's growing pressure on feedlots to stop this — and some have. But it's costly.

Republican Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday he will vote against a proposed constitutional amendment to allow the medical use of marijuana if it makes the…

Women in a Kenyan village had a radical idea to stop the practice of trading sex for fish to sell: What if they owned their own boats? They had great success. Then came a series of terrible setbacks.

Congress has ended the record-breaking shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. And, May Day demonstrations across the U.S. are expected to draw crowds protesting the Trump administration.

At the core of everything lies a binary on-off switch, says James Gleick, the author of a new book called The Information. Small bits of information, Gleick says, make up our DNA, our brains and our ideas.

Pioneering 1950s sound artist Henry Jacobs created soundscapes and satires that some fans never forgot. His recently discovered reel-to-reel recordings have been released.

The U.S. military says it's begun its blockade of ships entering or exiting Iran's ports, as Iran vows to assert its own control over the critical Strait of Hormuz.

In New Orleans, there is a sense of relief that Hurricane Gustav didn't roar ashore as hard as it could have. The city avoided a direct hit, and its improved levee system has held.

The storm ripped through the Big Bend region as a Category 3 storm, devastating the town's fishing and boating community.

For this Thanksgiving, Planet Money and The Indicator staffers offer economic insights they're grateful for.

In What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank, Nathan Englander writes about his own faith — and what it means to be Jewish — in stories that explore religious tension, Israeli-American relations and the Holocaust.

The Philippines has only one entrant in the Beijing Olympics: Asa Miller, who will take part in the men's giant slalom Sunday. But there's growing interest in winter sports in the tropical country.

NPR's Juana Summers, host of All Things Considered, speaks with U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns about the next steps in the U.S.-China relationship.

A crackdown by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega takes a new turn as he strips political opponents of their citizenship. Since popular protests erupted in 2018, Ortega has consolidated his power.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with WBEZ reporter Natalie Moore about the increased violence, the mistrust of police and the lingering effects of the migration of African-Americans to the city a century ago.

For her latest collection, Claudia Rankine mined her and her friends' encounters with racism. She says she wanted to talk about "what happens when we fail each other as people."