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Helen Hartness Flanders spent 35 years preserving Vermont's vanishing folk songs. She eventually collected more than 4,000 songs by carrying sound equipment to remote corners of the state -- and by charming residents into singing for her.

With the incumbent Massachusetts governor not seeking a third term, the 2022 race is between Democrat Maura Healey and Republican Geoff Diehl.

TED Fellow Abigail Washburn wanted to be a lawyer working in Beijing — until she picked up a banjo. She tells the story of the remarkable connections she's formed touring across the U.S. and China while playing that banjo and singing in Chinese.

A Los Angeles artists built a wall around Donald Trump's Hollywood star — it's topped with razor wire. And in Philadelphia, a museum has put the hair of some early presidents on display.

There has been no winner for 35 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19. That streak trails the record of 41 draws set in 2021 and 2022.

Following her duet with Luke Combs at the Grammys, the 1988 song sped to the top of the iTunes chart — streams more than tripled and digital sales shot up more than 38,000%, Billboard says.

The polarizing and showboating new prime minister has vowed to deliver on the U.K. leaving the European Union in October, whether or not a deal is reached.

HUD says it is releasing more than $8 billion in aid to Puerto Rico. The deadline to do so was in September. The aid is for rebuilding after devastating Hurricanes Maria and Irma struck in 2017.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tim Cato, an NBA writer for The Athletic, about the hot start Luka Doncic has gotten off to for the Dallas Mavericks.

Early season snow and cold temperatures are helping New England ski resorts open early, carving out a blizzard of a start to the 2018-2019 season. Many...