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Did you really think the apples you lifted out of a wooden crate at a grocery store came from a local farm? Think again. As Martin Lindstrom explains in his new book, Brandwashed, companies use many tricks to manipulate our minds and persuade us to buy.

Grammy Award-winning R&B singer Luther Vandross has died at the age of 54. A hospital in New Jersey did not release the cause of death, but officials did say Vandross had never fully recovered from the stroke he suffered two years ago.

Momentum is building in an effort to push music industry groups to cut ties with R&B star R. Kelly over long-standing sexual assault and harassment allegations.

Rolling the R's tells the stories of restless teenagers in the disco era in a gritty neighborhood in Hawaii. Author R. Zamora Linmark discusses the book's impact, 20 years after it first came out.

One woman’s journey from heroin addiction to healing, recovery, and hope.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. helps Andy Samberg and George R. R. Martin answer family mysteries.

They're expanding the genre's vocabulary, but commercial success often eludes them in an industry sold on prototypes

The rapper/singer storms the NPR Music offices, activating his signature smile and bouncing through five highlights from his catalog — including the smash single "Broccoli."

Michael R. White Elementary School in the Glenville neighborhood of Cleveland was slated to close but will instead merge with nearby Stonebrook Montessori School. The new, combined school is expected to open its doors next fall. The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) had Michael R. White in Glenville on a list of schools targeted for closure due to low student attendance and its aging, deteriorating building.

NPR's Ari Shapiro and Audie Cornish remember Derrick R. Fudge, a 57-year-old man who was one of nine people killed in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday.