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The New Orleans-based bandleader Alynda Lee Segarra talks about the wide range of political and musical inspirations — from her Puerto Rican background to the Occupy movement and women's rights in India — behind her band's new album, Small Town Heroes.

Bobby Foster Jr. can often be found reading the paper on a wooden bench outside Murry's grocery store on the corner of Sixth and H streets NE in Washington, D.C.

If you have teenagers in your house, you may find this hard to believe, but texting is on the decline.

A car linked to a Christmas Eve double-killing at Westfield Mission Valley mall was found Friday afternoon in the city of Riverside with an unidentified dead man inside, according to police.

In a one-hour-plus interview with NPR Music's Ann Powers, The Boss talks about his latest album, says the current version of the E Street Band is "the best it's ever been" and shares lessons he learned from his musical heroes as well as playlists full of new music.

Six people died of influenza-related causes in the San Diego region last week, bringing the total for "flu season" to seven. Last season, 65 flu-related deaths were reported in San Diego County.

Finally today, I'd like to end the program where we started: talking about poverty. We, like a lot of other people in the news business have been talking about poverty a lot this week and last.

Rachel Urquhart's debut novel, The Visionist, is based in real life: the Visionists were young Shaker girls who began to suffer mysterious fits one day in August 1837. Reviewer Jane Ciabattari says The Visionist is a "surprisingly dark tale," but lyrically written, and offering a fresh look at Shaker life.

Seven confirmed flu-related deaths have been reported in California since September and 28 others are being investigated.

Same-sex marriage is banned in 32 states, but it is allowed in 18 states and in Washington, D.C. Though just this week, these marriages were stopped in Utah while the state appeals an earlier court decision allowing them.