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In a largely optimistic speech to commemorate July 4th, President Biden spoke to Americans who feel "exhausted" by what they see as a lack of progress.

Over a 60-year career, Zawinul embraced many types of jazz, but came to define the style known as jazz-fusion with his influential band Weather Report, and its 1977 hit "Birdland." Zawinul died of cancer early Tuesday.

When James Lacy was growing up, his father prospered by running a general store in rural Texas. But the merchant lost everything in the economic collapse of 1929. Though his dad spent decades paying off debts, Lacy says, he was rich in other ways.

Music from a found diary: The Mars Volta; Progressive rock classic from Gentle Giant; Stockholm pop from Shout Out Louds New instrumental electronica from Moby; Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and more.

Jupiter will be some 367 million miles from Earth on Monday, the closest it's been since 1963. It coincides with Jupiter being on the opposite side of Earth from the sun — when it'll be its brightest.

Erneaux is known for her semi-autobiographical works. The permanent secretary noted her "clinical acuity" in examining personal memory.

Some critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin have died over the years from murky circumstances, as NPR's Scott Simon points out following the death this week of a Russian oligarch.

The challenge, which originated in part from a 2017 Twitter joke, is the subject of an FDA warning about unhealthy cooking challenges from TikTok.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is blasting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, saying he has used thousands of innocent people as "political pawns."

In Texas, the Kaufman County district attorney and his wife were shot dead in their home over the weekend. The incident comes two months after an assistant district attorney was killed.