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Wisconsin Republican Paul Ryan has been elected speaker of the House of Representatives replacing outgoing speaker, John Boehner.

On our latest show, host Bob Boilen shows off his new-found ability to throat-sing, while introducing us to a brand new sound from the duo Wye Oak.

The Baltimore County Council Monday night put the brakes on passing any sort of police reform legislation.By a 4-3 vote, the council voted to table the…

In an interview with NPR's Scott Simon, Stevens compares making pot illegal to the attempt to prohibit alcohol. Like alcohol, he said, there will soon be a consensus that it is not worth the cost.

The FBI says its searches of Bolton's home and office was authorized by a court but declined to provide further details. Bolton is a frequent critic of the president.

The Senate confirms the Republican congressman from Texas as the director of national intelligence in a vote along party lines. His detractors say he lacks experience for the job.

The Arizona senator said last July that he had an aggressive glioblastoma. "The progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict," his family said in a statement.

John Walker Lindh, the "American Taliban" captured in Afghanistan shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, is scheduled to be released on parole Thursday after serving 17 years of a 20-year sentence.

John Leonard reviews "New York Days" (Little, Brown, & Co.) by Willie Morris.

ook critic John Leonard reviews "Operation Shylock" (Simon & Schuster).

Book critic JOHN LEONARD reviews, "Snow Vrash," by Neal Stephenson.

President Bush is pushing offshore drilling as a way to increase production and cut oil prices. Robert Siegel talks to Henry Lee, director of the Environment and Natural Resources Program at Harvard University, who says offshore drilling may not have an immediate impact.

One thing is clear: Whichever company buys the building's naming rights, getting Chicagoans to change what they call it is another matter.

After Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took a jab at Sen. John McCain's status as a war hero, other Republican candidates have united to punch back at Trump.

The two artists have been making music for decades but they've never made a record together — until now.

Author John McPhee tells us why he is undertaking what he calls an "old-man project" — writing about the scraps of unwritten stories he's thought about over the years.

Half a century ago, the saxophonist and his band stepped into the studio to lay down the tracks of what would become his most important statement: The "love supreme" in the title refers to God's love.

No details on when or how John Such died were immediately available. A publicist for Bon Jovi didn't immediately respond to messages.

ilm critic JOHN POWERS review the new Australian film "Shine."The story was inspired by the troubled life of classical pianist David Helfgott.