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Calexico singer Joey Burns has spent 20 years in the American Southwest but grew up on SoCal beaches. He talks with Lulu Garcia-Navarro about his band's ninth studio album, The Thread That Keeps Us.

Authorities at the U.S. Capitol are on high alert. NPR's Noel King talks to National Guard Vice Chief Lt. Gen. Marc Sasseville about how the guard is helping to secure Inauguration Day events.

Many parents have been waiting eagerly for a COVID-19 vaccine to be approved for children under 5 years old. Christina Cantor of Denver shares what emergency authorization could mean for her family.

Steve Inskeep visits a convention of law-enforcement groups and reports on the growing business of high-tech gadgets.

In his new memoir, guitarist Eric Clapton writes candidly about his many battles with drugs and alcohol. Now sober, the 62-year-old Clapton discusses his struggle to overcome his addictions and how he has turned to music for salvation.

No one wanted to publish Amanda Hocking's novels, so she put them online. For a long while, she'd sell one or two books a day. Then, in June, it exploded. She's now part of an elite literary club: authors who have sold 1 million books on the Amazon Kindle.

As a Mormon missionary, Ryan McIlvain spent two years ringing strangers' doorbells, even as he experienced doubts about his own faith. He left the church in his mid-20s. McIlvain's debut novel, Elders, tells the story of two young Mormons carrying out their missions.

The U.K. post-punk band's new album celebrates humanity in all its forms.

A tiny nonprofit developed the country's leading coronavirus vaccine registration software. Public health officials blame it for rollout woes in several states, but the alternative isn't much better.

This week, Republican lawmakers in Michigan and Wisconsin have called special sessions to curb authority of newly elected statewide Democrats who pose a threat to Republicans' accomplishments.