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  • Various/Emily Bogle for NPR
    8 books to enjoy at the beach this summer
    From light romance and short fiction to thrillers, here's a list of books that are perfect companions as you retreat to the beach or pool to catch a break from the summer heat.
  • Sarah Palin, a Republican seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates, on May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska.
    Palin, Begich and Gross advance in the Alaska U.S. House race
    The top four vote-getters in the special primary advance to a special election, set for Aug. 16, in which ranked choice voting will be used.
  • Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi (left), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (second left), Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (center), French President Emmanuel Macron (second right), and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis meet at the Ukrainian presidential compound Thursday in a collective show of European support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
    Ukraine's Zelenskyy hosts European leaders, welcomes more U.S. weapons
    Ukraine says it urgently needs the heavy artillery to counter Russia on the battlefield. Also, President Zelenskyy is looking for additional support as the leaders of Germany, France and Italy visit.
  • People line up to visit a newly opened fast food restaurant in a former McDonald's outlet in Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow, Russia on Sunday. Russia's war in Ukraine prompted McDonald's to leave the country and sell its locations there to a franchisee.
    Russia's rebranded McDonald's calls itself 'Delicious, that's all'
    The new fast-food chain opened in Moscow on Sunday. It replaced the iconic Golden Arches with two bold orange backslashes and a red circle, representing a tiny burger and a pair of large fries.
  • Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a televised 1944 broadcast of Verdi's "Hymn of the Nations."
    Navigating Through the Toscanini Maze
    The first time Arturo Toscanini conducted an orchestra, he was 19, and the year was 1886. The last time he conducted a live performance came 68 years later, in 1954. Sara Fishko tries to weave through the immense web of musical history he left behind.
  • Heavy Rotation: 5 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
    In this installment of Heavy Rotation, we partner with KCRW to bring you an exclusive download from Laura Mvula's Morning Becomes Eclectic session, as well as music from the post-punk band Savages, Portland songwriter Nick Jaina, Baltimore rapper Ellis and funk guitarist Shuggie Otis.
  • 5 Young British Jazz Artists To Watch
    BBC Radio's Jazz on 3 program showcases the richness of the U.K. jazz scene with a particular emphasis on seeking out and supporting young talent. Host Jez Nelson and the rest of the team pick out some recent British jazz albums everyone should keep on their radar.
  • Anne-Sophie Mutter: 35 Years, 40 Recordings
    Hear excerpts from the acclaimed violinist's new 40-CD box set.
  • Nat King Cole: Original Five-Tool Jazz Player
    Over the course of his life, Nat King Cole became a jazz innovator and an icon of American popular music. Take Five celebrates Cole's birthday — he was born on March 17, 1919 — with a "five-tool" (that's baseball lingo, we'll explain) approach, highlighting the breadth of his work.
  • Composer Julia Wolfe has won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for music for <em>Anthracite Fields, </em>an oratorio about coal miners and their families.<em></em>
    Julia Wolfe Wins Music Pulitzer For 'Anthracite Fields'
    The composer is the second from the New York music collective Bang on a Can to win the award with a choral work. Her oratorio explores the lives of coal miners and their families a century ago.
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