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Announcing the winner of the 2023 Tiny Desk Contest

Nearly 6,000 independent artists submitted to this year's Tiny Desk Contest. Meet the Utah band that rose to the top.

Ruth Infante (second from left), a single mother of three, and her classmates donned traditional flowing dresses for their <em>Cumbia</em> dance performance at a "care block" center in Bogotá, Colombia. The class is one of the free services offered to anyone in the neighborhood who is an unpaid caregiver for their family.

How Bogotá cares for its family caregivers: From dance classes to job training

More than a million women in Bogotá, Colombia, do unpaid family caregiver work full-time. The country has launched a groundbreaking program called "Care Blocks" to ease their burden.

The 50 Best Albums of 2023

The album's not dead! Want proof? NPR Music's list of the best albums of 2023 features masterworks by veterans, newcomers, iconoclasts and at least one supergroup.

The freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio in February.

After the East Palestine train derailment, are railroads any safer?

Change is coming to the rail industry in the U.S. — but whether it's for the better or worse depends on who you ask.

Michelle Yeoh kicking the multiverse into submission in "Everything Everywhere All at Once."

Michelle Yeoh achieves ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’

The new A24 film dazzles with a multiverse of sensory overload.

Picture of Mr. B Baby in front of the mural she painted for Operation Hope North County in Vista, Calif.

Operation Hope North County revitalized with renovation and art

Operation Hope North County's mission is to help house families with children experiencing homelessness.

Pittsburgh's Duquesne Incline ascends Mount Washington as smoke, from Canadian wildfires, hanging over the U.S. Midwest and parts of the East Coast create hazy skies on Wednesday.

A big swath of the U.S. is under red and purple air quality alerts from Canada's smoke

In Madison, Wis., the air quality was measured at 242 Thursday morning— a "very unhealthy" purple alert rating that many other communities shared, particularly in the Midwest.

A sign reading "health care workers minimum wage" hangs from a table where signatures are being gathered outside a grocery store in Mission Valley, Aug. 31, 2023.

Push for $25 per hour minimum pay for health care workers comes to San Diego cities

There is an effort in the state legislature to bring a $25 per hour minimum wage for health care facility employees.

Trainees participate in "Hell Week" at the Navy's Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training program at Naval Base Coronado in 2018.

SEAL leaders face additional punishment in wake of SEAL trainee death

Seaman Kyle Mullen died after successfully completing the grueling "Hell Week," refusing to seek medical care.

Becky Pepper-Jackson has presented as a girl since fourth grade. The 12-year-old is at the center of a legal dispute that is at the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court won't enforce West Virginia law banning trans athletes from girls' teams

The state's law was challenged by a 12-year-old transgender girl named Becky Pepper-Jackson, who has lived as a girl since fourth grade, according to court papers.

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