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Jazz bandleader Kamasi Washington has released Fearless Movement, a new album inspired by dance.

One day after a massive cargo ship collided with Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore, investigators can't say with certainty what caused the accident. It will take months before they'll know.

Trump plans to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, when Jerome Powell's term expires in May. The president has been pushing the central bank to slash interest rates.

A crackdown by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents on drug smugglers is causing trouble for private pilots. Pilots say they are sometimes enduring hours of questioning by police searching for drugs.

A new archbishop of Canterbury has been installed in a historic ceremony. Sarah Mullally is the 106th person to hold the job, and the first woman.

A drought is exposing weaknesses in the government's ability to deliver water. It's begun rationing. In one building in the capital, 10 families have rearranged their lives around their faucets.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Bob McNally, a former White House energy adviser, about roller-coaster oil prices amid the U.S. war with Iran.

Judges handling thousands of lawsuits filed by those who believed they were sickened by the water at Camp Lejeune are now pushing for a plan for a mass settlement by October.

NPR critics remember some of their favorite Dolly performances — including a duet with Kermit the Frog and the twinkle in Dolly's eye singing with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.

Tariffs and export controls have been the Trump administration's main economic security tools. Neither is working very well right now.

The Birmingham News, The Huntsville Times and Mobile's Press-Register will soon go all-digital. In Birmingham, where people have been reading the paper since the late 1800s, the news hasn't been easy.

Jane Greenhalgh is a senior producer and editor on NPR's Science Desk.

Laura Sydell fell in love with the intimate storytelling qualities of radio, which combined her passion for theatre and writing with her addiction to news. Over her career she has covered politics, arts, media, religion, and entrepreneurship. Currently Sydell is the Digital Culture Correspondent for NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and NPR.org.

The BCS — the current system of bowl games — uses computer formulas and polling to pick the top teams in college football. The bowl commission argues that the current setup makes every game important. But many sports fans argue it's time for playoffs in college football.

An-ex Japanese prime minister was fatally shot while campaigning. A critical figure in the last days of the Trump era will testify before the Jan. 6 panel. A poll delved into gun-control measures.

Social network MeWe began as a privacy-focused alternative to Facebook. Trump supporters and right-wing groups disillusioned with mainstream social media have flocked to it since the Jan. 6 riot.

Former President Trump's influence is growing — with fringe candidates who refuse to admit defeat even after they've been trounced.

America will probably get more killer tornado- and hail-spawning supercells as the world warms, according to a new study that also warns the lethal storms will edge eastward to strike more frequently.

Large swaths of southeast Texas and Louisiana and parts of southern Mississippi are under an extreme cold warning after a day of snow. Now, snow, slush and ice left on the ground will refreeze.

Some states allow children to be removed from their parents if they fail to pay the cost of foster care. But that can be hundreds of dollars a month, and it's often the poorest families who must pay.

AI experts say this is likely the first time that AI has been used in the U.S. to create an impact statement read by an AI rendering of the deceased victim

Manelle Kheireddine is a WUSF/USF Zimmerman School digital news intern for fall 2019.

A strong earthquake killed some 1,400 people and injured more than 3,000 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures provided by the Taliban government.

The Humane Society of Tampa Bay will open the doors to a brand new animal health center today during a ribbon cutting ceremony. The grand opening comes…

A year to the day an improvised explosive device took his eyesight, Navy Lt. Brad Snyder won his second gold medal in his favorite event, the 400…