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The three young musicians in Nickel Creek are known for their polished traditional bluegrass. But a new CD, Why Should the Fire Die?, takes a darker turn. Sean Watkins, Chris Thile and Sara Watkins visit with Debbie Elliott and play some of their music.

The Buffalo neighborhood that was attacked by a white supremacist has struggled for years with violence and poverty. Calls by politicians for the community to come together were met with skepticism.

Rampant pollution caused manatees to starve. Florida waters are getting worse.

Annual inflation hit 3.5% in June, down from May's more than three-year high — but the resumption of the conflict with Iran threaten to push up inflation as energy costs once again spike.

Researchers are producing new corals using the genes of those more resilient to heat, they've established two gene banks and they are doing cooling experiments, like canopies that float on the water.

Lawmakers consider President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure proposal. More police officers in Minneapolis testify against Derek Chauvin. Vaccine hesitancy may compromise herd immunity.

A Tampa restaurateur is trying to ensure that no one in Tampa Bay goes without a place to have a Thanksgiving meal.Ergin Tek, owner of Gengiz Khan…

lorida hospital and physician groups are asking Governor Ron DeSantis to allow them to restart surgeries.

NPR's Scott Simon tells the story of Manny's, a Jewish-style deli in Chicago that's been struggling during the pandemic.

Since January 2011, the government has knocked 2 percentage points off the payroll tax, which funds Social Security. But there's little appetite to extend the tax holiday and a $95 billion price tag.

Senator John Kerry, returning from a trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan, talked to NPR about the flooding in Pakistan, and his conversations with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai.

Despite some darkly inspired moments, the fifth of seven Harry Potter movies feels like — well, like the next to the next-to-last installment in a series that's taking its time.

You Kill Me, a new mob comedy starring Ben Kingsley, centers on a hit man with substance-abuse problems — who hopes Alcoholics Anonymous can help him get back on the job.

Just in time for the change of the season, music commentator Miles Hoffman considers the lingering reputation of Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring as the shocker that altered the art world. The work has been called "one of the most daring creations of the modern musical mind."

Brooklyn's TV on the Radio has always been a forward-thinking rock band. Its new album, Dear Science, is its funkiest, but in a typically complicated way. Sick of living with pessimism, the band has brightened its tunes and beats.

Why Corb Lund's wry storytelling and driving tempos aren't better known outside of his native Canada is a mystery. His new album, Losin' Lately Gambler, could change all that, and bust some south-of-the-border stereotypes about Canadians in the process.

Just in time for the holidays comes a backbreaking load for St. Nick — all of trumpeter Miles Davis' Columbia recordings in a single, 70-CD collection. Along with a DVD of a 1967 live performance, there's enough music here to keep a listener busy right into the new year.

The self-billed "blind couple of Mali" have been recording since the '80s, but they've never stuck to one style. On Welcome to Mali, Amadou and Mariam absorb ideas from everywhere and sound like they're having a ball.

On the Left Bank of the River Seine, directly across from the Louvre museum, a crowded little shop has provided supplies to artists for more than 100 years. Cezanne bought oil paints there. Picasso liked their gray pastels. The shop, Sennelier, is a Paris repository of art history and commerce.

This round of the short story contest for weekends on All Things Considered will be judged by author Mona Simpson. For Round 10, she wants original fiction with the "texture of voice."

Sally Singer, Vogue magazine's fashion news and features director, says the need for fashion and style don't disappear — even in rough economic times.

College seniors are increasingly turning to Internet-based resumes such as VisualCV, which uses keyword pop-ups, embedded documents, video and images. One Web site's founder says traditional resumes don't allow applicants to showcase their work.

Audra McDonald is a bona-fide Broadway star and a well-regarded recording artist whose albums have featured American popular standards and newer musical theater. But her new album takes her in a different direction.

Jeff Tweedy and Glenn Kotche of Wilco join forces with musician and producer Jim O'Rourke for a rock 'n' roll CD with songs that tackle nothing less than two of the most elemental forces in human life: love and religion.

The Australian band the Go-Betweens had a limited American profile, but they were huge in Europe until co-founder Grant McLennan died in 2006 of a heart attack. McLennan's old partner, Robert Forster, has a new solo album out.