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February 22 is the 53rd day of the year. There are 313 days remaining until the end of 2016.The sun rises at 6:50 am and the sun sets at 5:57 pm. Today we…

Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels borrows from the story of his older brother, who died of cancer. He told Fresh Air in 2018 that the book went through a rewrite after the 2016 election.

Singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson leaves his folk-rock roots and goes country on the self-produced album Up Front and Down Low, his first full-length disc since Separate Ways. It's largely a collection of classic tunes and lesser-known gems from country greats.

The city of New Orleans is on a first-name basis with Quint Davis, who has happily occupied a central role in the city's beloved Jazz and Heritage Festival since the very beginning.

In the end, perhaps, the bar was set too high for the Saturday Night Live episode that was to follow an already baffling series of news events.

President Trump ended a policy that sent thousands of children to government-run facilities away from their parents. Critics say he created new problems — the children held may be there indefinitely.

When Richard Dunn found himself stuck overnight in the deserted Las Vegas airport, he spent his time making a video selphie — lip-synching Celine Dion's version of "All by Myself."

The news that scientists have successfully cloned a human embryo seems almost certain to rekindle a political fight that has raged, on and off, since the creation of Dolly the sheep. It's a fight that has, over the past decade and a half, produced a lot of heat and light and not a lot of policy.

Advocates hope that a judge's deadline, and the possible revocation of one detention center's license, could lead to the end of family detention.

This year, Louvin released his first studio album in more than 10 years. The self-titled disc contains reworked versions of the country-gospel legend's songs, featuring guest vocals from a wide variety of big names, including Elvis Costello and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy.

Wexler won Oscars for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Bound for Glory, and was nominated for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and Matewan. He died Sunday. He was 93. Originally broadcast in 1993.

According to legend, Solomon Burke — Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, licensed mortician and long-reigning King of Rock and Soul — always wanted to be a country singer. With Nashville, Burke finally gets his wish, not to mention a credibility-enhancing cast of supporting characters.