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In 2015, Bob Boilen actually stayed home a few times, but he still had more than 500 shows from which to pick his top 10 concerts of the year.

Five U.S. soldiers and two Marines were killed May 4 in what was the deadliest day in 2013 for U.S. forces in the Afghan War.

The United States Supreme Court on Monday refused to revisit a lower court ruling that struck down Arizona's ban on most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The All Songs Considered host saw 555 different bands play in 144 venues across 16 cities over the course of 2014. Here is the list of his favorites.

The inspector general's interim report said some 1,700 patients at the Phoenix VA hospital were put on unofficial wait lists and subjected to treatment delays of up to 115 days.

Millennial musicians are reshaping the South African jazz scene in a culture of open exchange. Hear from pianists Nduduzo Makhathini, Kyle Shepherd and Bokani Dyer.

The only federally mandated leave covers just half of the workforce, and many people say they can't afford to use it because it's unpaid. States and cities across the U.S. are stepping in with policies that cover both public and private sector workers.

Doug Manchester and John Lynch are pulling out all the stops for a sports-entertainment complex downtown. Mayoral candidates DeMaio gets big endorsements while Filner counters with endorsements of his own. Courtrooms are closing, employees are laid off, but judges keep their car allowance.

During World War II, the Japanese aimed thousands of wind-borne explosives at North America. To this day, many have not been accounted for.

The word "trifling" (or, as it may be more commonly said, "triflin'"), used to blast folks as lazy, good-for-nothing cheaters, goes back quite a ways.