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New Zealand musician Nadia Reid talks about how homesickness fueled the songs on her latest album, Out of My Province.

Johnson & Johnson's vaccine ships this week. It is 66% effective at preventing mild to moderate cases of COVID-19, and 93% effective at keeping people who do get the disease out of the hospital.

Singer and songwriter Bill Withers has died. He's best known for songs including "Lean on Me" and "Ain't No Sunshine." Withers died Monday at the age of 81.

After a silent year in which artists were sent grants instead of invitations to perform, the beloved festival was determined to go on this year, as carefully as possible. And how possible is that?

The soulful artist behind a number of 1970s hits died Monday of heart disease. He created all of his hits in a 14-year recording career before walking away from the music business.

Sights & Sounds is your weekly guide to the Bay Area arts scene. Artist Aaron De La Cruz told KALW’s Jen Chien about three great arts events happening…

Michael Zapata's debut novel is a straightforward literary mystery on the surface — but his simple tale of a lost sci-fi manuscript goes deep on themes of family, displacement and mythology.

Gaines wrote of the struggles of African Americans in rural Louisiana before the civil rights era. He wrote The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, A Gathering of Old Men, and A Lesson Before Dying.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Washington Post technology reporter Tony Romm about Facebook allowing users to exercise more control over which political ads they see.

Some Democrats are pushing for changes to the social safety net to address needs of people during the pandemic and beyond. Moderates caution the need for reassessing plans and bipartisan changes.

Pollock worked in a paper mill and meatpacking plant for 32 years before becoming a writer. Netflix's film version of his novel, The Devil All the Time, drops Sept. 16. Originally broadcast in 2011.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case testing whether a police officer may make a traffic stop on the assumption that the driver of a car is also the owner.