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COVID-19 precautions kept us physically apart, but Fresh Air TV critic David Bianculli says shows such as Schitt's Creek, Better Call Saul, Fargoand Lovecraft Countryprovided virtual connection.

Slingshot, VuHaus public radio stations and NPR Music's emerging artist series, spotlighted 40 artists over the course of the past 10 months. Now it's time for you to tell us your favorite.

Extensive early warnings and years of adaptation made the floods less deadly than they otherwise might have been.

Former Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic did not register to run for the Democratic primary Wednesday, the last day to so. But he hasn’t ruled out a run for mayor. After 28 years as the city’s chief executive, Plusquellic suddenly quit six months before his term was up in 2015. On WAKR’s Ray Horner show Wednesday, the Democrat said he is still considering running, but as an independent.

The king of ragtime published his hit tune 120 years ago. Pianist Lara Downes believes the piece helped shape the future of American music.

Boosters for the Youngstown-area economy have ever more frequently dubbed the Mahoning Valley as “Voltage Valley,” hoping technology will give far Northeast Ohio a needed jolt. A big piece of this transformation is the new life supporters are trying to breathe into a shuttered GM plant in Lordstown. An electric truck company named Lordstown Motors could be a tent pole for this future tech strategy. ideastream’s Glenn Forbes joined Tony Ganzer on All Things Considered to talk about Lordstown Motors.

NPR's Scott Simon talk with Howard Bryant of ESPN about the end of baseball season and the beginning of the hockey and football seasons.

The guitarist and singer, whose distinctive guitar and soulful voice propelled the band's early success, died over the weekend at the age of 73.

Heavy Rotation has been your guide to the best music on public radio all year long. Now we look back on the top track from each month in 2018.

The pedal steel guitar is, for many, inextricable from its roots in country music — but its well runs much deeper than providing some smooth twang.