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Anne Mahoney Robbins, who worked in the White House in the 1970s, says the first lady Rosalynn Carter saved her from a crippling depression.

One image, taken seconds after President Kennedy was shot, captured the attention of news outlets all over the country. The agent in the center of the image is still coming to terms with that moment.

Today is day 2 of Dia De Los Muertos

Mia Zapata led the punk group The Gits in Seattle during the grunge years. Before she could be in the national spotlight, she was raped and murdered in 1993. A new book remembers her life and work.

The working-class town of about 30,000 just outside of Pittsburgh was rattled after learning the gunman came from their community, but most are hoping to put the violent episode behind them.

On surprising new albums, '80s trailblazers LL Cool J and MC Lyte sound thrillingly revitalized, thanks to sharp production choices and a willingness to bend their signature styles toward the moment.

This week on the Queer Power Hour: we hear from a couple of funny ladies about the funny and not-so-funny realities of being lesbian comedians. Out in the Bay sat down in 2015 with Karen Ripley , who came out as a queer comic in the 1970s. And Making Gay History shares an interview from 2001 with Ellen DeGeneres, whose coming our in 1997 shaped queer history.

Today is Johnny Appleseed Day...

Pakistan and archrival India met Sunday in one of the most anticipated matches in Cricket World Cup action. India came out on top. Pakistan, which lost to the USA last week, plays Canada next.

Today is Pumpkin Day!

It is one of the most solemn tasks for a commander-in-chief, bearing witness as the bodies of fallen service members return to U.S. soil at Dover Air Force Base.

NRP's Michel Martin talks to author Carole Hopson, who's written a book about Bessie Coleman, who in 1921 became the first Black woman to get a pilot's license. The book is called: "A Pair of Wings."