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Christian Secor, a former UCLA student and follower of the far-right racist livestreamer Nick Fuentes, was sentenced on Wednesday for obstructing congress during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

RaDonda Vaught's prosecution was widely condemned by nurses, who said it set a dangerous precedent that would worsen the nursing shortage and make them less forthcoming about admitting mistakes.

A deadly incident changed the life of a 15-year-old Palestinian boy living in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

After his father was killed by Israeli settlers raiding his village in the central West Bank, he says, 15-year-old Noor Assi sometimes envies other teens, but says, "I have a family to take care of."

The Foo Fighters played in Cesena, population 97,000, on November 3, 2015, three months after receiving a video invitation. Among their play list was our Song of the Day "Learn to Fly."

A little history, a little trivia, and a little music, the Song of the Day by Sheldon Zoldan presents today's song in honor of Meatloaf who died January 20, 2022.

As part of NPR's year-end series "One That Got Away", reporter Jeff Lunden tells us about his favorite song from the hit Broadway musical Hamilton. It's not about the founding fathers; it's about some founding mothers.

Who knew that Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, singing "Soul Man" dressed as killer bees on Saturday Night Live, would become the cultural icons known as the Blues Brothers? It was evident after the movie premiered on June 16, 1980.

Dick Clark died in 2012, but he will always be America’s oldest teenager. He took over a Philadelphia dance show, called “Bandstand,” in 1956 thanks to the previous host’s DUI arrest. ABC began televising “American Bandstand” nationwide on August 5, 1957.

Long before Paul Simon’s "Graceland" album, South African music influenced American songs. Our Song of the Day, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” had its origins in South Africa three decades before it was released in the U.S. on November 17, 1961.