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The Washington D.C. region's restaurant industry has been hit particularly hard by the partial government shutdown, with regular customers furloughed and choosing not to dine out.

NPR speaks with reporter Zolan Kanno-Youngs of The Wall Street Journal about the courtroom allegation that drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman bribed former Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto.

In 1960, nine black teenagers sat down and demanded service at a lunch counter in Chapel Hill. The young men are known as "The Chapel Hill Nine" and the town is dedicating a historic marker Thursday.

Vote-counting has started in the much-anticipated election, a week after it was postponed by officials who blamed logistical challenges. Candidates include incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari.

The composer and multi-instrumentalist's newly reissued 14th album is an intimate collection of brief solo piano compositions, first released in Japan in 1998 and hard to find since.

Violinist Lucia Micarelli defies the limits of what music can be played on a violin. She’s with us.

Rachel Martin talks to Tomie dePaola about his new children's book, Quiet. He lives in the countryside and while dining at a local restaurant, he was particularly struck by a family he noticed there.

Hurricane Florence turned Wilmington, N.C., from a peninsula into an island. People there are still suffering from loss of power, lots of road closures and are trying to cope.

Owner Mark Cuban has agreed to contribute $10 million to women's causes following a workplace investigation of the Dallas Mavericks.

Residents of the Philippines say things aren't as bad as once feared, after being hit by a super typhoon.