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The people of Appalachia have traditionally relied on music in times of hardship. A new bluegrass supergroup is putting a 21st-century spin on old-time music in an album perfect for our dire times.

A senior North Korean official is visiting the U.S. ahead of a proposed June 12 summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Los Angeles County's annual homeless count came out Friday and shows a double-digit increase over last year. The pandemic is also causing future homelessness projections to skyrocket.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Daniel Pierce, a NASCAR historian and a University of North Carolina, Asheville professor, about the history of racism and the Confederate flag in stock car racing.

California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris argues the continuing efforts to battle COVID-19 and systemic racism are intimately connected.

After a visit to Afghanistan, U.S. Army Gen. John Craddock, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO forces in Europe, says he wants a mandate to go after the opium trade. Western troops now have no authority to eradicate poppy fields or go after traffickers. Craddock says unless a change is made, the alliance cannot defeat the Taliban insurgency.

The Trump administration alleges the Voice of America is relaying Chinese propaganda. Founded at the dawn of World War Two, the government-funded news agency is independent by law.

Pete Gaynor has extensive experience at the local and state level dealing with natural disasters, but he faces something different now.

Congress set aside $350 million to help colleges with "significant unmet needs" related to the pandemic. Most of that money has gone to small schools that serve just a fraction of U.S. students.

More than 1,000 current and former staffers of Doctors Without Borders have signed a letter calling on the vaunted aid group to root out pervasive institutional racism within the organization.