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The late, distinctively melodic jazz trumpeter and composer Kenny Wheeler was quietly influential to generations of musicians. From the Pacific Northwest, two acolytes reimagine his catalog.

The singer shares songs she loves by other artists and talks about her debut full-length release, Miss Universe, an album filled with melodies that won't let go.

A rundown of the NPR Music interns' year-end highlights, from Camila Cabello to Juana Molina, Raquel Sofia and Hundred Waters.

The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy ranked utilities based on solar power watts sourced to customers and on projections for capacity in 2025.

Elon Musk has added Twitter to the list of his companies, which includes Tesla and SpaceX. Here are the major twists and turns in his tumultuous courtship of the social network.

The final day of voting for the 2022 midterm elections is fast approaching. Tell us what questions are still looming large for you, and we'll answer as many as we can next week.

As of late Monday, lottery officials estimate Tuesday's Mega Millions prize at $565 million — or more than $293 million if delivered in cash.

After 40 drawings without a winner, the jackpot has reached the staggering sum of nearly $2 billion. But the odds of winning are long — 1 in 292.2 million.

Republicans are expected to pick up enough seats to gain control of the House, but it's clear they will not have the major gains they had hoped to receive.

Xpeng shared designs of the first full-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVToL) flying car on Oct. 24.

Brendon Urie, the band's frontman and last remaining original member, made the announcement on Instagram. He said with he and his wife expecting their first child, he wants to focus on his family.

It can benefit older adults who need assistance, parents in need of childcare, and young adults not yet ready to strike out on their own.

Your Christmas celebration is about to get funkier — and, it goes without saying, better.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Kate Davis about her new album Fish Bowl, which is told from the perspective of a dimension-hopping protagonist named FiBo.

Polk County issued a burn ban following a wildfire that covered 1,000 acres.

The reorganization being announced today will "provide a central hub for expert advice and legal guidance" and improve coordination among law enforcement, businesses and elected officials.

Coolio died on Sept. 28, 2022, at a friend's home in Los Angeles. The 59-year-old rapper's cause of death was unknown at the time.

As a Black Puerto Rican child, Ayodele Casel was fairly certain tap dancers had to look more like Ginger Rogers than her own family and friends. But that didn't stop her.

Stop right now... and listen to girl groups, thank you very much.

This year's nominations are in and there are few surprises.

People always say they want change in elections, but who represents that change? A new poll sheds some light on who does — and who does not.

NASA's Sonification Project is a collaborative effort to turn data collected from the outer reaches of the universe into sounds. Their album, Universal Harmonies, is out March 10.

India has overtaken Japan as home to the most billionaires in Asia. Yet it also has the world's largest population of hungry people, as one reporter's continuing journey down the Ganges River reveals.

English professor Natasha Trethewey has been named the 19th U.S. poet laureate. Poetry, she says, is something people can turn to for celebrating joys and mourning losses.

When you see a bunch of guys playing street basketball you might not just see a game. In his new book Black Gods of the Asphalt author Onaje Woodbine shows how it's also a spiritual experience.