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Torrential rain caused tons of mud to crash into a village on Indonesia's main island during New Year's Eve celebrations on Monday. Twenty people are still missing.

Composers of color have long had to compete with dead white men for space on the concert stage. A new project, spearheaded by Rachel Barton Pine, seeks to correct that for the next generation.

As long as humans have imbibed alcohol, they've had hangovers. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall about his book, Hungover: The Morning After and One Man's Quest for the Cure.

Low gas prices combined with fuel economy improvements are driving consumers back to SUVs and trucks. 2019 will see the demise of many small cars, leaving first-time car buyers with fewer choices.

When The Byrds released "Sweetheart of the Rodeo" in 1968, it was a commercial failure. A half century after its debut, the album has become a classic.

As the partial government shutdown continued into its second week, the president invited a bipartisan group of lawmakers to the White House for talks. "Let's make a deal?" Trump asked in a tweet.

A federal database of shell casings was expanded to over 200 local law enforcement agencies this year to let police use it in investigations that match casings with guns.

Brazil's new far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, took office Tuesday, calling for unity — in contrast with his past homophobic, misogynistic and racist statements.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Fatima Goss Graves. She's co-founder of the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund. It was founded in response to the #MeToo movement one year ago today.

The ferry service on Cape Cod has a new very old sound. The Steamship Authority scoured the country for historic steam whistles to replace the more modern and abrasive sounding air horns.