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Kansas City's Carter Broadcast Group is the country's oldest Black-owned radio company. Currently Black ownership nationwide represents less than 2% of the market and is on the decline.

Jazz singer Nina Simone, once dubbed the "High Priestess of Soul," died two years ago. Now the RCA record label has released an anthology of her music, called The Soul of Nina Simone. Musician and writer David Was has a review.

One brigade slated for deployment to Iraq this summer will instead be staying in Germany, courtesy of the Pentagon's reassessment of troop levels. Will political progress in Baghdad allow the Defense Department to lower U.S. force levels in the weeks ahead?

India's educated young people are demanding suitable jobs, but they don't exist. Plus, wages are declining. This came to a head with riots in some of the poorest districts of northern India.

For fans of the Iditarod, there's a way to get up close to the sled dog race without ever going outside: fantasy mushing. It's a collaboration between coder David Hunt and musher Danny Seavey.

Fresh Air's TV critic previews the new series Breaking Bad, about a cancer-stricken chemistry teacher who decides that cooking crystal meth is the best way to support his family after he's gone. The show premieres on the AMC cable channel on Jan. 20.

March Madness is hitting a fever pitch, as only the last "Sweet 16" teams are left standing on the men's and women's brackets.

The trees in the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico were raked bare by Hurricane Maria. Grizelle Gonzalez from the International Institute of Tropical Forestry talks with NPR's Melissa Block.

Los Angeles County's annual homeless count came out Friday and shows a double-digit increase over last year. The pandemic is also causing future homelessness projections to skyrocket.

The reelection of French President Emmanuel Macron next month seems virtually assured due to the war in Ukraine, but many say the lack of debate means democracy is being cheated.

Shoba Narayan has written about her journey from southern India to the United States in her new book Monsoon Diary: A Memoir with Recipes, celebrating food, family ties and Indian culture. View a video of Narayan demonstrating the correct way to cook vegetable dosa, and get recipes for some of the other dishes featured in Lynn Neary's report.

The Trump administration is planning to allow more offshore drilling. This has put it at odds with Republicans like Rep. Mark Sanford of South Carolina, who talks with NPR's Scott Simon

Americans paid an estimated $1 billion in interest on medical debt in just three years, a federal agency finds. This includes use of credit cards often pitched in doctors' and dentists' offices.

In Texas, it may be politically unwise to cross the governor, but some politicians and advocates in the poor Rio Grande Valley are starting to speak out in support of expanding Medicaid. Gov. Rick Perry opposes all parts of Obamacare.

The CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, went before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday and called for regulation of artificial intelligence.

It includes a ban on social media platforms such as TikTok and WeChat on government devices. DeSantis said the legislation “makes it very clear we don't want the CCP (the Chinese Communist Party) in the Sunshine State.”

Now that a historic agreement on sharing the Colorado River has been struck, states are working out the details, and planning for its expiration in 2026.

The case against 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira raises questions about why he had access to sensitive material. He's scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.

The public ferry system is a key link for a diverse nation spanning some 17,000 islands. "We serve all the people," says the captain of a ferry linking majority-Hindu Bali with majority-Muslim Lombok.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking into ways on how to prevent the next leaker. Audie Cornish speaks with Joshua Keating, associate editor at Foreign Policy and writer at the War of Ideas blog for more.

With the Supreme Court weighing in on abortion — again — voters are once again contending with which party best represents their views on the issue.

A Delaware judge is ordering an investigation into how Fox News' lawyers have handled a major defamation case on the eve of the trial. He is also threatening sanctions against Fox News.

Special counsel Robert Mueller hasn't recommended any more indictments in his report submitted Friday. It's not yet clear what he found about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Reporter Sadie Babits offers an audio postcard from the Tour de France, where racing team cars vie for position as they follow close behind their riders.

In their latest book CROWNED: Magical Folk and Fairy Tales from the Diaspora, Kahran and Regis Bethencourt retell fairy and folk tales with Black children as the main characters.