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Northern Virginia guitarist Yasmin Williams shares how the Tiny Desk Contest changed her life — despite entering it twice and never winning.

Hamas says it has agreed to Israel's request to speed up release of Israeli hostages, including two men held around a decade. The bodies of members of a young family are among those it will hand over.

Since he became secretary of state and USAID’s acting director, Marco Rubio has criticized the agency and described it as fraught with "rank insubordination" and a hindrance to the president’s foreign policy efforts.

The Library of Congress preserved recordings from Marine Corp combat correspondents at Iwo Jima that included interviews with soldiers, music and the sounds of war.

Deadly storms and widespread flooding in Kentucky killed 12 people. Gov. Andy Beshear says it will take a long time to recover and the state will need federal help.

Authorities said that there were no fatalities, but at least 18 people sustained injuries when the regional jet overturned while landing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport on Monday.

Summer is hot in Rio, but this is hotter than normal. Mercury could top 107 degrees. And the record heat is triggering alerts and safety warnings.

President Trump says he wants to buy Greenland and reclaim the Panama Canal. NPR's Juana Summers and Ari Shapiro compare their recent reporting from both locations.

New York Times writer Charlie Savage discusses the scope of executive power as President Trump circumvents Congress, pushes legal boundaries and fires scores of federal workers, including at the FBI.

The Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary prime-time special was full of sketches and nostalgia — and stretched more than three hours. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans breaks it down.