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Hundreds of artists signed a letter sent to the National Endowment for the Arts asking it to reverse policy changes made as a result of recent executive orders issued by President Trump.

Ian remains forecasted to parallel the Gulf Coast before making landfall with the Sun Coast Thursday. Tornado risk increases from I-4 south today.

The streaming music service offers millions of songs to millions of users, but it's not yet a reliable source of income for musicians.

For the songwriter's sixth album, she leans into a retro country sound for a big-hearted set of songs about grief and burgeoning love.

Rolando Arrieta profiles the French musical group Les Yeux Noirs, which performs Gypsy and Jewish music on acoustic and electric instruments. Singer and violinist Erik Slabiak and his brother, Olivier, grew up in Paris in the 1970s, the sons of Jewish immigrants from Poland.

Up the the street from NPR's Washington office is Warehouse, a neighborhood cafe and art space, where Christopher Goodwin is showing his latest project. He packs tiny found objects into plastic spheres that are sold out of a dispenser for 25 cents apiece.

Yale University agrees to return to Peru hundreds of artifacts from the Incan site of Machu Picchu. The objects have been at the center of a debate that has lasted almost a century, and culminated last year when the government of Peru threatened to sue Yale to get the artifacts back.

On Sunday night, the Golden Globes will become the biggest, high-profile casualty of the ongoing Hollywood writers' strike. The cost to Los Angeles' economy in lost business from the cancelled ceremonies and after-parties is estimated at $80 million.

The ethereal sounds of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge have become a staple of the Christmas season throughout the world. NPR's Jacki Lyden talks with choir director Stephen Cleobury and choristers Sam Landman and Alexander Ryan.

Road trips, lazy beach days and long bike rides... summer just begs for its own soundtrack. Even if you're stuck in the office, you need a summer anthem. Music writer Stephen Thompson has some suggestions.

Mine disaster vigils like the one in West Virginia last week have played out across the nation's Appalachian mountains for decades. Frank Langfitt, NPR's Labor and Workplace Correspondent, has covered them before and writes about this sad ritual.

Sara Fujimura's new novel is a rich, emotionally layered story about two talented teenage ice-skaters learning to balance life on and off the ice — and also, a lot of deliciously detailed food.

The video was released by the state-controlled outlet Russia Today. Whelan is shown in a prison uniform standing among other prisoners, operating a sewing machine and eating with others.

Set during and after World War II, Warlight follows a young man trying to find out what really happened when his parents disappeared and left him and a young sister in the care of two mystery men.

This week South Carolina decided to sue the maker OxyContin for deceptive marketing.

Blacks and whites in America both widely approve of interracial marriage, according to a recent Gallup Poll. And in practice, all racial and ethnic groups are marrying each other more than ever. Still, it hasn't been that long since most Americans strongly opposed such marriages.

The project is called Worldcoin. It was co-founded by Sam Altman of ChatGPT fame. Its mission is to authenticate all the world's humans, one eyeball scan at a time.

The vote on the historic nomination was 53 to 47, with three Republicans voting with Democrats. When sworn in this summer, Jackson will be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.

Kazakhstan lost its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing, but a number of Kazakhs see this as an opportunity, not a loss.

The president's call for mandatory paid sick days starred in his State of the Union address. But forget the big speech: It may be small businesses — and state lawmakers — that decide this debate.

In Pakistan's northwestern frontier, two men recently battled for the hearts and minds of people in Swat Valley. That's where the Pakistani government is trying to push back Islamist militants. One man is a leader of the Taliban, who is believed to be in hiding now. The other works for the publicity arm of Pakistan's military.

Florida4Warriors is an organization that provides support and community to veterans, active duty members and first responders, while bringing awareness to the issue of suicide among veterans.

President Bush talked today about his meetings in Baghdad with the new Iraqi government. Fresh from his surprise visit to the Iraqi capital, the President held a previously unannounced news conference in the White House Rose Garden.

Survivors of the Sept. 8 earthquake return to devastated villages. "This was our paradise," says a 74-year-old woman. "Everyone in this village is like family to me, and our family is now shattered."

The state has at least 10 cases of the illness to date but the state's surgeon general has not called for vaccinations or quarantining of exposed kids. This goes against science-based measures.