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See what albums NPR listeners picked in our year-end poll for the best music of 2013.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by another 0.75 percentage points Wednesday, as part of its ongoing effort to fight inflation. The big question is, what happens next.

Here & Now co-host Jeremy Hobson started telling stories on the radio when he was a kid and hasn't stopped since.

Five years after the BP oil spill, the public has stopped asking whether seafood from the Gulf is safe to eat. But now there's a supply issue, and fishermen worry about the future of their industry.

You just know that jazz expert Oscar Treadwell is smiling on Cincinnati. Ten years after his death, his adopted hometown provides the background for a...

Editor's note, updated April 17, 8:03 p.m.: In light of the news that Barbara Bush has died at the age of 92 , WVXU politics reporter Howard Wilkinson...

White Too Long author Robert P. Jones says churches should be more in vocal on issues of social justice: "White Christians have been largely silent ... and have hardly begun these conversations."

Updated: 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 Cleveland-area hospital employees began receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Wednesday. Dr. Sherrie Williams, a pulmonary critical care specialist, was the first MetroHealth employee to receive the COVID-19 shot. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous," Dr. Williams said, minutes before she received the shot. Despite her initial fears, Williams later said the vaccine felt like any other shots she has ever received and she felt fine after.

Updated: 1:37 p.m., Friday Dec. 27, 2019. Advocates for the homeless are calling a cease use order from the City of Cleveland a violation of the First Amendment. The notice was issued to Denison United Church of Christ, which is housing the homeless during the winter. The three-page notice details multiple fire code violations: insufficient fire extinguishers or emergency lighting, obstructed exits, and improperly stored flammable liquids. The church also does not have a fire alarm or sprinkler system.

Life in Rome is turned upside down, writes NPR's Sylvia Poggioli: "Even for someone who has reported from war zones, it's unnerving ... like being suspended between the Dark Ages and a sci-fi future."