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The center of Hurricane Gustav crashed ashore near Cocodrie, La., some 70 miles southwest of New Orleans, Monday morning. New Orleans was spared a direct hit from the 110-mile-an-hour winds.

Over the last 35 years, Joe Biden has held some of the most powerful positions in the Senate. He started life as a stuttering young man in Scranton, Pa., however, with a fear of asking a girl on a date.

The Detroit Auto Show opens today amid one of the gloomiest periods in the modern history of the city's auto business.

In the wake of talks over the auto bailout collapsing on Capitol Hill, auto workers in Detroit ponder their increasingly dismal fate. Many say the failure of the package in the Senate was a political attack by Republicans who blocked aid for Detroit automakers.

Many were shocked by the beheading of Aasiyah Hassan, wife of a Muslim television executive in New York this week. Hassan's husband has been charged with second-degree murder.

A group of Republican governors say they may not accept federal funds from the federal stimulus packaged recently signed by President Obama, despite the current economic crisis. NPR's Ken Rudin explains the fallout.

After taking the oath of office with his hand on Abraham Lincoln's Bible, President Barack Obama called the nation to remake America. More than one million people gathered on the National Mall to witness history on Tuesday.

An enthusiastic crowd braved cold temperatures in Washington, D.C., to pack the National Mall for Barack Obama's Inauguration Tuesday. With the Inaugural Parade underway, NPR takes listeners to the reviewing stand on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Indiana University added an exhibit to the online platform that features audio and photos from the early days of radio — from when black-oriented stations started popping up in the 1940s and beyond.

Bob Motley, the last surviving umpire from baseball's legendary Negro Leagues, has a memoir out called Ruling Over Monarchs, Giants, and Stars: Umpiring in the Negro Leagues and Beyond.