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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.

Despite drought, the state's official flower can still be seen this April blooming on Hill Country roadsides.

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.

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.

Joe talks to Charles Walston, the bandleader of The Vidalias, about their new CD, "Melodyland." on Upstart Records telephone (617) 354-0700. He says that he isn't going to give up his day job yet... it is hard to make a living being in a bar band... but starting a band in your forties as part of a midlife crisis is better than playing golf.

Grandaddy is a band from a farming community in Modesto, Calif. It seems an unlikely place for a pop band with electric guitars and gurgling synthesizers to emerge. But they have. They imagined a wonderful futuristic sound that has captured the ears of listeners in London. Mikel Jolet reviews their new CD Sumday.

Burns, along with drummer John Convertino, make up the band Calexico. The Tucson, Ariz. band is known for music that is inspired by southwest border region they live in, blending multiple musical genres including folk, rock, pop, country and mariachi. Their latest album is Feast of Wire.

Stellastar is a four-piece band from Brooklyn, N.Y., that makes music reminiscent of early U2 or Joy Division. The young band has released a debut CD, the eponymous Stellastar. Jim Fusilli has a review.

Mark Jenkins reviews two bands: Bomb the Bass and Underworld. He says that somewhere on the continuum between synthesized dance music and ambient sound, these British bands combine moody electronics and good old-fashioned songwriting. (IN STEREO) (5:00) (Stations: albums reviewed are Clear, by Bomb the Bass, Quango Records (Island) and Second Toughest in the Infants, by Underworld, TVT Records (212-979

The Libertines are Britain's hottest dysfunctional band, and their music is produced by the Clash's Mick Jones. New Musical Express called them the most important band of its generation. Yet theirs is a troubled story — of breakups, break-ins, and drug addiction. From London, Matt Cowan reports.