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Storyteller Mitch Myers recounts the tale of Duke Ellington's performance at the Newport Jazz festival in 1956. It's a story of a journeyman saxophone player, Paul Gonsalves, and how his playing that night would become legend. (6:00) Music is from the CD Ellington at Newport on the Columbia Jazz label. The tune is called Diminuendo/Crescendo in Blue.

Republican election lawyer Ben Ginsberg and Democratic election lawyer Mark Brewer share their concerns as the country braces for the first national election since attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential results and the Jan. 6 insurrection.

6PPD is a rubber stabilizing chemical that spreads onto roads and makes its way into rivers where it is poisoning fish, including the coho salmon.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 long ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from “forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees.”

The Department of Veterans Affairs is halting foreclosures for 6 months for homeowners with VA Loans, after an NPR investigation that found thousands of them at risk of losing their homes.

Purdue Pharma agreed to pay around $6 billion to victims and state and local governments, but the deal also shields the Sackler family from future liability.

More than 6 million people have fled Ukraine, and many thousands have been killed.

But U.S. shoppers spent more prudently in August and retail sales grew a tepid 0.6% from July, after extra federal jobless benefits expired and families faced a confusing back-to-school season.

On Sunday, June 2, Mexico will hold its presidential election.Two of the leading candidates are women. It’s expected that for the first time a Woman will lead the Mexican Republic. Mexicans are being asked to chart the country’s new path forward dealing with cartel violence, economic development, growing water scarcity and difficult relations with Texas and the United States.Also, Mexico City could run out of water by the end of June, an event locals call "Day Zero." What happens when the system goes dry.

Is the term “global warming” too gentle and soothing? Perhaps it doesn’t pack the punch needed to terrify people about the horrible future we are trying to avoid. The planet is burning. The oceans are boiling. Extreme heat now kills more people in the U.S. than any other weather event. We’re talking about the book The Heat will Kill you First with journalist Jeff Goodell.