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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lauren Mayberry, lead singer of CHVRCHES, about launching her solo career with a performance at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.

From SNL's Coneheads to Killer Bees, Broadway's Sweeney Todd and Candide, we remember Tony Award-winning costume designer Franne Lee who died on Aug. 27.

Farmworkers are particularly vulnerable to the extreme heat that's affected so many areas of the country including the Midwest. The push for a federal heatprotection policy is slow.

The U.S. Open in New York City is approaching its semifinals in sweltering conditions. Organizers partially closed the roofs on stadium courts to offer more shade but couldn't do much about the heat.

The state of Georgia has indicted 61 protesters on racketeering charges stemming from ongoing protests of a new public safety training facility near Atlanta, alleging "anarchist actions."

Three Fairfield County communities, Norwalk, Stamford and Trumbull, had the largest increase in new apartments constructed in the state over the last three years. It is expected to continue into 2024.

Officials and union leaders said there is a shortage of 6,000 public sector workers in varied public sector roles, highlighting its societal impact and the opportunities it presents.

Why are humans attracted to art that combines sadness and beauty? A brain scientist says sadness has benefits like helping elicit empathy and purging negative emotion.

Fran Drescher, president of the actors' union SAG-AFTRA, says the Hollywood strikes are at an inflection point.

Minnesota is returning the Upper Sioux Agency State Park, once used for religious and communal ceremonies, to the Native people whose ancestors were killed on the land more than a century ago.