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Tortured and imprisoned under Saddam Hussein's regime, composer and oud player Rahim Alhaj — who resettled as a refugee in New Mexico — uses his work to tell true stories of Iraqis living through war.

The National Rifle Association says insurance companies are backing away from the organization, threatening its ability to operate.

The special counsel's letter to the attorney general may show a split over characterizations of the investigation's conclusions. It came before Barr meets the Senate and House Judiciary committees.

Today, the song that made me fall in love with Ella Fitzgerald. Ella loved every kind of music, voraciously listening to almost anything she came across...

Federal regulations for silica dust in coal mines haven't changed in decades. But since an NPR/Frontlinereport into black lung, some are calling for a new response.

The new changes come after leaders agreed to narrow the income eligibility for those getting the next round of stimulus checks, as some moderate Democrats wanted. GOP amendments are expected to fail.

Attorneys representing Nathaniel McFarland, one of Prude's five children and the administrator of his estate, also allege civil rights violations and gross negligence in the lawsuit filed Monday.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with New York Democratic Assemblymember Ron Kim about a legislative push for nursing home reform and the political headwinds from within his own party.

The results are in! St. Vincent's self-titled album was by far the most popular record in our listener poll for the best music of 2014. On this week's show, we count down the Top 25.

The iconic singer-songwriter performed her first public full-length show anywhere since 2000, with a little help from Brandi Carlile.