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Joey Chestnut won for the 16th time. He finished 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes — short of his record of 76. On the women's side, returning champ Miki Sudo scarfed down 39.5 hot dogs — her ninth win.

The legendary music producer Arif Mardin, has died. In a long and varied career, Mardin worked with performers from Aretha Franklin to the Bee Gees, and from Chaka Khan to Norah Jones. We hear an excerpt from an interview with Mardin — and a collection of his best-known productions.

In Russia, a State TV contest to name the greatest Russians in history ended Sunday with more than 50 million votes cast. First place went to a medieval prince who fended off German invaders. Second place went to a prime minister who fended off revolutionaries. And, despite gulags, famines and purges that killed millions, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin came in third.

A federal rescue of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost taxpayers as much as $25 billion, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday. But its director said there is a better than 50 percent chance the government will not have to step in to prop up the companies.

Many people have never heard of pharmacy benefit managers. They're the companies that help insurers decide what drugs to cover and how much you pay for them.

In April, the New York Times and Boston Globe published incendiary reports detailing credible allegations of abusive behavior by iconic chef Barbara Lynch.

Listen to a mix of 100 songs we couldn't stop listening to, and couldn't wait to share.

Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday, urging the general to end emergency rule as soon as possible and allow free and fair elections.

Writer, singer, rapper, fill-in NPR host. Dessa is back with her first solo album in five years.

Although the movie was released in 2011, it's become much more popular during the pandemic.

In Arcadia, Calif., a manager called animal control after a peacock ended up in a liquor store. The bird was contained but not before it smashed $500 worth of alcohol.

"Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note."

After pulling over a Miami police detective, Marcos Pacheco-Bustamante was arrested. The Miami Herald reported he had no malicious intent — he pulled people over who were texting while driving.

The list includes "Poor Things," "Past Lives," and "The Holdovers."

Billie Eilish. Chappell Roan. Victoria Monet. We're eating.

We explore how the Fed is responding to the number one issue on voters' minds right now: the economy.

The mayors of Mesa, Arizona and Columbia, Missouri discuss their challenges and opportunities

At Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., security agents said a woman put her cane in the scanner and there was a sword inside. The woman had no idea it was there.

The cut-priced Japanese cars first appeared in the U.S. in 1958. Datsun was produced by Nissan, which decided to phase out the brand in the 1980s. Now a Japanese newspaper says Nissan may bring it back.

Laurel Lee, a former Hillsborough Circuit Court judge, is reportedly considering a run for Congress.

Twitter users had a field day posting photoshopped images of Robert Mugabe with the hashtag #MugabeFalls.

OpenAI and Anthropic have reported incidents of blackmail and bizarre behavior during research trials.

Both the men's and women's singles finals in the French Open delivered epic battles.

Elon Musk's The Boring Company is moving forward with its planned tunnel under Nashville. The tunnel, called the Music City Loop, will connect the city's downtown and airport and be exclusively for Teslas.

Phytoplankton are tiny ocean organisms that naturally sequester carbon, like plants on land.