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For some musicians good song writing is elementary. For others it's elementary school. A CD called Kid Pan Alley collects tunes created in classrooms around the country and recorded by top Nashville artists, including Amy Grant.

Actor Jermaine Crawford, who plays lovable outcast "Dukie" Weems on HBO's critically acclaimed show, The Wire has gone through some serious changes since he first joined the cast. He's now determined to help the very sort of person he portrays.

The White House cited the "ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity" in the Xinjiang region of China. U.S. athletes will compete in the Olympics.

NPR and Radio Diaries are looking for personal, surprising stories from teens. Write it, photograph it (and record it if you want) and submit it to the storytelling site Cowbird. Two entries will be picked to produce audio stories with Radio Diaries and a selection will be featured on NPR.org.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The number of unionized Starbucks stores is now six after three stores in the Buffalo area voted to unionize. The vote counts at each store were close.

The day before Thanksgiving is one of the busiest travel days of the year. Hear a sampling of the sounds of travel in Washington, D.C. — Union Station, Reagan National Airport and the Greyhound bus station.

For more than two years, The Fiscal Wake-Up Tour has traveled the nation to raise awareness of a looming fiscal crisis. The group of Beltway economists "entertain" audiences with evidence of the nation's threatened standard of living. Tour organizer, Robert Bixby of the Concord Coalition, talks to Andrea Seabrook.

Fans of Madonna, Radiohead and Bruce Springsteen sometimes find that getting tickets for upcoming concerts a little frustrating. Often, within hours -- or even minutes -- of tickets going sale, breathless reports indicate the shows have already sold out. But can concerts really sell out in 10 minutes? Slate senior editor Andy Bowers explains.

Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney for releasing Black Widow on streaming and in theaters at the same time, saying the simultaneous release breached her contract.