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Long before he ran the public schools in Toledo and Cleveland, Eugene Sanders was a proud Blue Streak, a newly graduated from Sandusky High School and a freshman at Bowling Green State University. He vividly recalls telling his new classmates where he was from — only to be greeted by blank stares, even from other Ohioans who had grown up nearby. And that’s when Sanders, now back home as CEO of the school system he attended as a child, would play his trump card: Ever been to Cedar Point? “Oh yeah,” they’d almost always say. “I’ve been there.”

Clarksdale, Miss. is home to both the crossroads where Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul and the site of Bessie Smith's death. But in the legend of the genre, not every tale gets the same care.

The for-profit hospice industry has grown, allowing more Americans to die at home. But few family members realize that "hospice care" still means they'll do most of the physical and emotional work.

It's not easy to see that history is being made when it's happening right in front of you — just ask the critics tasked with assessing these classic, ahead-of-their-time recordings.

Solar is booming in Georgia, and it's not because of state mandates supporting renewable energy or concerns about climate change. Instead, powerful market forces are driving the growth.

The National Sheriffs' Association has published a detailed guide to jail-based medication-assisted treatment. States hardest hit by opioids are moving fastest to get inmates the help needed to quit.

U.S. destroys an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, on the border crisis. And, a heat wave builds across the U.S.

On her latest album, Dedicated, Carly Rae Jepsen opens up about family, singlehood and the one that might've got away.

Agents are deployed in the Oregon city amid anti-police protests. Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli tells NPR the tactic is being used to move detainees to a "safe location for questioning."

An FDA advisory committee voted in favor of granting emergency use authorization of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. Talks for another relief package drag on. And, an update on Georgia's election lawsuits.