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The very short race includes unusual amenities like doughnuts and coffee. All proceeds go to charity.

Also: The students who created the National School Walkout; Facebook will offer users a privacy opt-out; and after Sen. Duckworth (D-Ill) gives birth, the Senate votes to allow babies on the floor.

Sam Sanders, host of NPR's It's Been a Minute contextualizes the philosophy of Kanye West, as discerned from the rapper's recent string of inspiring tweets.

The Swedish singer is a pop star, but she doesn't necessarily make pop music. Listen to two singles from her upcoming album, so sad so sexy.

King Mswati III said the name change is intended to shed vestiges of the country's colonial past. In the Swazi language, eSwatini means "place of the Swazi."

Stephanie Richards' trumpet sounds like deep space wrapped around your head, a flood in the endless void.

The singer joined her sisters and father in The Staple Singers just as the group rocketed to fame in the early '70s, and was a steady hand behind the scenes for most of her life.

Yulia Skripal, who along with her father, Sergei Skripal, was being treated for exposure to a toxic nerve agent, has been discharged and taken to a "secure" location and has asked for privacy.

The NPR Music staff watched almost 5,000 videos during the Tiny Desk Contest. We highlight five Latinx artists that impressed us.

Also: Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone is the new NSA chief; the Taliban declare the start to their spring military offensive; and the remains of an 8 million year old elephant turn up in Macedonia.