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Irving Berlin's classic musical turns 85 this year, and a group of artists are paying tribute with a brand-new video version of one of its songs, "Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)?"

Sprint Corporation confirms its two top executives are leaving the company. The Wall Street Journal reports that CEO William Esrey and President Ronald LeMay were forced out in a boardroom dispute over their use of a tax shelter. Matt Hackworth of member station KCUR reports.

COMMENTARY Nine years ago a colleague and I had dinner in Culiacán, Mexico, with local journalist Javier Valdez. At the time, Mexico was locked in of...

Several candidates who have repeatedly made baseless claims about the 2020 election are now seeking to become their state's top election official in the 2022 midterm elections.

Robert talks with Gary Shapiro, the president of the Consumer Electronic Manufacturers Association. They discuss the future of digital radio broadcasting. Shapiro says that manufacturers are not interested in making and marketing digital radio receivers.

In a wide-ranging and long interview, President-elect Donald Trump tells TIME Magazine his priorities for the first days of his second time at the presidency.

The U.S. Copyright Office has given final approval to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The record and publishing industries lobbied heavily for it. The American Library Association, the Association of American Universities and the Commerce Department opposed it. What will it mean for the future of sharing information in the digital age? NPR's Rick Karr reports.

Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, thanks to a relentless, hustling defense.

NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on a provision in the 2001 federal budget that requires Medicare to pay twice the usual rate if doctors use a new technology -- digital mammography -- to test for breast cancer. Proponents say digital mammograms provide a better image. But critics say the provision benefits General Electric, the maker of the technology, more than it helps patients.

Linda talks with "Digital Dan" Lawrence, a former computer programmer who's now working as a disc jockey at KHUM FM in Ferndale, California. Lawrence uses a laptop computer and a speech synthesizer to do his job, because he had his vocal cords removed due to cancer.

In an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer last night, singer Whitney Houston said that she was digitally altered to look less thin during a Michael Jackson tribute concert. For years, tabloids have hounded Houston for alleged drug used and supposed weight disorders. Jacki Lyden explores with Kelly Port, a visual effects supervisor for Digital Domain, a production company in Venice, Calif., the different ways her image could have been manipulated.

The number of cases of the ZIka virus in Florida has topped 900, with an additional 10 reported Tuesday, according to updated information posted on the...

Sure, kids have been playing with tops forever. But Beyblades are battling tops, and they come with their own fighting arena. They're a hit, and if you haven't been nagged for one this year, there's still time.

Alistair Campbell, British Prime Minister Tony Blair's top media strategist, steps down amid accusations that he helped exaggerate evidence on Iraq's weapons programs. The British media had dubbed Campbell the "real deputy prime minister." Campbell cites family reasons for his resignation. Hear NPR's Guy Raz.

The Department of Defense is testing a new technology for funerals. It's a digital bugle, to play "Taps." There are far more funerals a day than there are military buglers, so the Defense Department has to compensate somehow. Commentator Joellen Easton has played "Taps" at military funerals, and she hopes the Defense Department's experiment isn't too successful. (3:30)

Commentator Dinesh D'Souza disagrees with those who argue that the internet is a racist concept. While it is true that not everyone uses the internet equally, he says this is not a problem of access but one of knowledge. He says the real digital divide is in appreciating the value of knowledge, how to obtain it and what to do with it. He recommends teaching young people how information and technology can be a source of improving oneself.

For the recording industry, the development of the technology that allows music to be shared via the internet has turned out to have a sting in its tail. Many more people are listening - but they're not paying for the pleasure. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on the industry's efforts to prevent unauthorized copying of its merchandize by using something called a 'digital watermark' - and the attempts by critics to shpow it doesn't work.

After some hikes, a granola bar or apple is all you need to recharge. But some treks call for a proper picnic — food you can sit and linger over, savoring the meal along with the summit view. These sturdy, well-seasoned dishes go the distance.

From a straight-up death metal record by a bunch of lifers to a bluegrass 'n' black metal hybrid (really!), these are the records that hurt so good in 2012.

The Tampa Bay Rays are still in the hunt for a spot in the playoffs, but you wouldn't know from all the empty seats at Tropicana Field the past few…

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on a handful of newcomers to the pop charts.

In recent years, moviegoers have come to expect special effects and 3-D creatures that are increasingly fantastic and realistic. This is thanks to digital technology, which allows such things as dinosaurs and tornados to be shown on the big screen. But now directors are using computers in less obvious ways... to alter simple street scenes, or to avoid going on location at all. This is a trend that concerns those who earn their living from the millions spent by movie makers going on location. From Los Angeles, Virginia Biggar reports.

Robert Siegel sits down with a group of students from Tel Aviv University for a conversation about their expectations for the future. The students are politically divided, but they agree that their main concern, even more than security, is the Israeli economy.

Research shows increasingly that layering one strategy on top of another can help minimize the spread of the coronavirus in classrooms.

NPR's Dan Charles reports on efforts to create vast new libraries on-line. While more and more information is being made available through computer networks, it's a surprisingly difficult and slow process to convert large amounts of written material into a form that can be easily accessed via computer.