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Music tends to stay with people even as dementia claims other memories. In Vermont, Memory Cafes provide communities for both dementia patients and their caregivers.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Andrew Weissmann, a legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, about the Trump administration's rationale for banning three news outlets from the White House.

Joan Nathan has spent her life exploring Jewish culture through recipes. Now in her 80s, her new book is her most personal work yet — excavating her own culinary history.

Evening Masterworks: Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Op. 38 “Spring”

Evening Masterworks: Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 in B-flat Op. 38 “Spring”

Tampa City Council voted unanimously Thursday to establish a Domestic Partners Registry. Whether same sex or heterosexual, domestic partners living in…

The Trump administration's immigration efforts have led some Democrats to call for abolishing ICE. Others won't go as far, wary of appearing out of step with voters who want immigration laws enforced.

Read the full transcript from the Oct. 13 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Hear one of the intrepid violinist's 22 commissioned works, focusing on the harrowing year that was 2020.

With Arab students suspended for social media posts, it's "the first time we see this large amount of disciplinary procedures against students for expressing themselves," says a civil rights attorney.

There's new tariffs on almost everything that is imported. Some of that increased cost is being eaten by exporters in other countries, but a lot of the higher prices are being picked up by Americans, who are seeing it in their receipts.

During the pandemic, the IRS allowed Americans to roll over the balances in their health flexible spending accounts. But the end of 2022 marks the return of the use-it-or-lose-it policy for most FSAs.

There was no physical barrier between the U.S. and Mexico for decades -- until one critical battle at the border changed it all.

The more than 5,000 sanctions against Russia are tanking the ruble and hurting everyday Russians. There are worries that a recession is looming.

President Trump says he will raise global tariffs by 15% days after the Supreme Court ruled he doesn't have the emergency power to raise tariffs. And the world waits to see if Trump will strike Iran.

Confidence growing with every rotation, Biles soared to victory in her first meet since the Tokyo Games. Her all-around score of 59.100 was five points better than runner-up Leann Wong.

In Florida on Tuesday, President Trump attended the opening of a migrant detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." Officials say it can currently house 3,000 migrants before they're deported.

We're following the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition as they hike, bike and kayak nearly 1,000 miles in 70 days from Central Florida, through the…

In the Islamic Republic, a woman is typically not allowed to sing solos in public unless she performs for an all-female audience and is accompanied by an all-female band. The Iranian singer known as Hani is pursuing her dream in Iraq.

Music students in public schools often play with bad or broken instruments, so one group in New York set out to fix that.

The Turkish government has offered to avoid bulldozing the park, but protesters say other demands have not been met.

Rose Marie McCoy is one of the most prolific songwriters of '50s American pop music, yet her legacy remains relatively unknown. During her career, the artist published more than 800 songs, some of which were recorded by the likes of Elvis Presley, Dizzy Gillespie and James Brown.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Republican strategist Brendan Buck about House Republicans narrowing down their candidate pool for speaker of the House. Kevin McCarthy was ousted more than two weeks ago.

Conductor Marin Alsop muses on the enduring qualities of the English composer's first symphony.

Despite her decades of electrifying performances and chart toppers, Tina Turner never came close to getting the credit she deserved for shaping a genre.