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Administration officials say President Bush is backing the 9-11 Commission's recommendations for the creation of a national intelligence director. But the position will not be established inside the White House, as the commission proposed. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Don Gonyea.

The Grammy winning singer-songwriter started out in Lester Flatt's band. Now he's being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Stuart played some of his own music in this 2014 interview.

Comic strip creator Berkeley Breathed tells Fresh Air's Sam Briger that a 2008 letter from author Harper Lee inspired him to re-launch his famous strip on Facebook. It's now called Bloom County 2015.

Classical pianist Valentina Lisitsa is a YouTube star. Reactions to her divisive and fiercely political Twitter account became the catalyst for a string of problems at the Toronto Symphony.

Elliott says that being selective about the roles he takes has helped him maintain his acting career for nearly 50 years. He plays an aging actor with a stalled career in the new film, The Hero.

Launched in 2000, the Nokia 3310 was a rugged little brick that won Internet fame for its durability. There are rumors, which HMD Global won't confirm, that the company is bringing the phone back.

Americans say they're sick of this year's election campaign, that they're switching off the news. Ratings for prime-time TV are down, but cable news networks are seeing higher ratings than ever.

State lawmakers and policy advocates are sounding off in response to Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to cut income taxes while increasing other taxes to pay...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with NPR's Scott Horsley about the White House reaction to the London incident.

High voter turnout was reported by local media in the first hours of voting, with 33 percent of voters hitting the polls by 1:45 p.m. local time.