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  • The House committee released the full report on its investigation into the 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Earlier the panel said it was referring former President Donald Trump for criminal charges.
  • This interview originally aired on June 11, 2018.A Texan born and raised, singer-songwriter Roy Orbison got his start in a rockabilly band in high school.…
  • Planned Parenthood is bracing for another legislative session where Texas Republicans have declared ending safe and legal abortion as the top priority.And Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is the target of an FBI investigation — but this isn’t the first time the Republican politician has been in legal hot water.
  • It's almost impossible to comparison shop for medical tests and procedures. A crowdsourcing experiment by two NPR member stations in California is aimed at making those numbers less mysterious.
  • Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead remembers the musical contributions of Hugh Masekela, Jerry González, Roy Hargrove, Buell Neidlinger, Randy Weston and Vancouver Jazz Festival founder Ken Pickering.
  • A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes.
  • 29-year-old Aristo Sham played Bach, Beethoven, and Rachmaninoff on his way to the top prize at this year's Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Recorded live in Fort Worth, see and hear his amazing artistry at the link.
  • A planned meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a U.S. delegation led by Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner is off after the pair's talks in Russia earlier this week ended with no breakthrough.
  • Singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson may only have one CD to his name, but the Thompson name has been a major force in folk music since the 1960s. Teddy's father, Richard, formed the seminal folk rock band Fairport Convention, then later paired with Teddy's mother, Linda, to record six acclaimed albums. The pair divorced shortly after recording their last record, which eerily previewed the breakup. Teddy Thompson was just 7 at the time; he talks with Frank about his debut CD, the inspiration behind the music, and the effects of growing up in the English folk tradition.
  • Fans of the 1989 film Back to the Future Part II may recall when Marty McFly -- played by Michael J. Fox -- travels to the year 2015 and tries on a pair of Nike shoes that lace themselves with the push of a button. This week, folks on the Internet discovered Nike has applied for a patent on a pair of real-life auto-lacing shoes.
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