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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Ferguson Mayor James Knowles about why the City Council decided to change an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the subsequent lawsuit against the city.

Human rights groups say the situation in Egypt is worse now than it was under dictator Hosni Mubarak. But at the time, one activist says, "the sense of possibility was real."

The British conductor Sir Edward Downes has been in the news this week. Long associated with the BBC and the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Sir Edward and…

"I'm a normal kid." That's Ariel Horowitz's story and, despite a somewhat unusual musical life, she's sticking to it.The 13-year-old Columbus violinist…

There's no dancing or passing the hat at these new rent parties. There is music — and online fundraising. Recently, a classical violinist played a concert in an Annapolis apartment to help the tenant.

Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning has been sidelined after a foot injury. Mike Pesca, host of Slate's The Gist podcast, talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about Manning's possible retirement.

Two cases in September raised concern about the country's low vaccination rate. And a new government campaign to inoculate kids is falling short.

At many elite college campuses, the two industries recruit more college seniors than almost any other industry.

As a young, dedicated fan of the University of Southern California football team, Jake Olson dreamed he would wear the Trojan jersey one day — even after cancer took his sight at age 12.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to John Diedrich of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about Tuesday's ruling, which found the store negligent in the sale of a handgun used to shoot two police officers in 2009.