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The Society for The Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America first convened in the spring 1938, in an all-white social club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It's come a long way.

The president says business deals and shared security interests with the Saudis — and not the death of Jamal Khashoggi — will set the tone for the relationship. "We're with Saudi Arabia," Trump said.

From popular exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art to dozens of productions on local stages to the wide variety of music offerings, Northeast Ohio has many arts options. But, a key source of funding for all of these activities, a Cuyahoga County tax on cigarettes, is on the decline. Earlier this week at the Happy Dog tavern on Cleveland’s West side, a group of artists and community leaders took part in a forum aimed at suggesting ways to keep the area’s arts scene thriving.

There’s a tradition at Cleveland’s Great Lakes Brewing Company. Each day around 4 o’clock, employees gather in the brewpub for a complimentary “shift beer.” It’s a chance to celebrate the fruits of their labor. Soon though, the employees at the 30-year-old company will be getting a new perk, probably worth a lot more than a free drink. By the end of this year, it’ll be one of the latest companies to form an Employee Stock Ownership Plan, or ESOP. Basically, it goes like this: work at a company for a while and eventually own it. Or at least a nice chunk of it.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, about his article, "How a World Order Ends."

Under rules inherited from British colonial times, jokes, slurs or accusations against the head of state are unlawful. An "insult" carries a hefty fine and a brief jail sentence.

The additional deaths were reported in North Carolina. South Carolina's governor said the damage in his state "will be catastrophic, surpassing anything recorded in modern history."

The last NPR survey before all votes have to be cast shows inflation continues to be the top concern for voters, and Republicans are trusted more than Democrats on the issue by 20 points.

Ellison's exploration of race and identity won the National Book Award in 1953 and has been called one of the best novels of the 20th century.