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The grandmother often sang John Denver's "Sunshine On My Shoulders" because it reminded her of life's tiny pleasures.

Host Ari Shapiro talks with Linda Diaz, the winner of this year's NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest. Her entry, "Green Tea Ice Cream" is a dreamy R&B song anchored by her skilled and soulful voice.

Born in Cuba in the late 1800s, danzón had couples gliding in a kind of formal square dance a century later.

Explorer Robert Kennicott disappeared one day in 1866. For more than a century, the cause of his death has been a mystery — but the Smithsonian has solved it.

Susan Stamberg is an NPR "founding mother" and the first woman to anchor a national nightly news program. But her radio debut was not so glamorous: a fake weather report on a local radio station.

In a scheduled video call Tuesday with the Russian president, Biden will outline economic sanctions and stepped-up support for NATO allies if Russia invades, a senior administration official says.

The disappearance of Carolyn DeFord's mother is among countless cases of missing Indigenous women. Without closure, DeFord continues to grieve. But a special memory and a new grandson give her hope.

Several not-quite-right claims have continued to linger about abortion since the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

In an interview with NPR White House correspondent Asma Khalid, the vice president also called on Congress to codify abortion rights.

Police in three Western states are seeking the reclusive leader of a religious group which openly practices polygamy. Warren Jeffs heads the church, which dominates twin towns on the Utah-Arizona border. Jeffs and three followers were indicted this week for sexual assault and conduct involving a minor. Howard Berkes reports.