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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Stephen Thompson, from NPR Music, about the NFL's announcement that R&B pillar, Usher Raymond, will headline Super Bowl 58's halftime show.

Around 250 young playwrights wrote and submitted work as part of the annual contest, Enough! Plays to End Gun Violence. Six were chosen as finalists and had their work performed.

a Gift and a Curse is the Atlanta rapper's most personable and purposeful album, one interrogating the values of the justice system, rap media and the court of public opinion with artful clarity.

Modern parents are told to TALK with an agitated kid to improve their mood. But in many cultures, mom and dad opt for a soothing caress to induce tranquility. Neurologists explain why it works.

Three-quarters say they want members of Congress to compromise with each other across the aisle, but 58% say they have no confidence they will, more than double the percent who said so in 2008.

Overdose deaths from fentanyl and other opioids have surged but medications that could save thousands of lives "are sitting on the shelf unused," according to new research.

Many growers across the country have been left without a market due to oversupplied apple processors. West Virginia rescued its surplus, with a plan that donates apples to hunger-fighting charities.

Sultan al-Jaber told energy industry power players on Monday that the world must cut emissions 7% each year and eliminate all release of methane.

Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of three men of Palestinian descent who were attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering near the University of Vermont Saturday evening.

People seek out art and music that combine sadness and beauty. Scientists and artists say there's good reason why we're drawn to it.

Taylor Swift has become the first female artist to have four albums on the Billboard 200 chart. The artist has been deep in re-recording her early albums to keep artistic and financial control.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers television producer Norman Lear, who died this week at age 101.