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Shovels & Rope's <em>By Blood</em> is out April 12 on Dualtone.

Family Takes Center On Shovels & Rope's 'By Blood'

The husband-and-wife duo's new album is an impressive feat of song craft from one of roots music's most exciting, unpredictable acts.

After facing a calamitous scandal that cast doubt on its very future, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra has returned with new leadership and a new album, featuring songs by its city's patron saint of rebirth, Allen Toussaint.

A Band Rebuilds In New Orleans After A Man-Made Catastrophe

In 2016, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra faced a scandal that cast doubt on its very future. The road to recovery has been, in the words of the group's new CEO, "a tightrope walk."

President Trump listens as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the census, speaks at the White House. Ross approved including in the 2020 census the question, "Is this person a citizen of the United States?"

Trump Administration's Census Citizenship Question Plans Halted By 3rd Judge

Plans to use the 2020 census to ask about U.S. citizenship status suffered another major blow. A ruling in Maryland joins earlier ones in New York and California blocking the citizenship question.

Beginning April 1, grocery stories in Kansas no longer have to sell beer limited to 3.2 percent alcohol.

The End Is Near For 3.2 Beer

The end of a Depression-era alcohol has brewers happy to see the stuff go. "It was just a pain in the posterior, you know, for everyone," says one brewer.

Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor (center) departs federal court in Boston in January. The criminal trial of Kapoor and four other executives from the company wrapped up on Friday.

Criminal Trial Of Opioid-Peddling Drug Company Execs Goes To The Jury

The 10-week trial of five executives from Insys Therapeutics wrapped up in Boston on Friday. The executives are accused of bribing doctors and deceiving insurance companies to boost opioid sales.

Two students in Oregon allegedly defrauded Apple out of nearly $900,000, according to a criminal complaint.

2 Students Allegedly Cheated Apple Out Of Nearly $900,000 In Fake iPhone Scheme

Prosecutors say it was an elaborate deception that involved roping in friends and family, while using nonsensical pseudonyms and a slew of mailing addresses. The plot seems to have come from China.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen is leaving her post, President Trump announced Sunday. Here she testifies on Capitol Hill on March 6.

Kirstjen Nielsen Leaving Homeland Security Post As Border Crossings Surge

President Trump announced the secretary's departure amid a 10-year high in illegal border crossings. The two reportedly clashed as Nielsen was unable to stop flows of migrants entering the U.S.

Blizzard warnings have been issued for the Rockies and Plains areas, where a second bomb cyclone is predicted. Here, a man uses a bulldozer to clear snow in Limon, Colo., that was left by a bomb cyclone that swept across much of the state last month.

A 2nd Bomb Cyclone: Colorado Predicted To Go From 80 Degrees To A Blizzard

A "potentially historic spring blizzard" will hit this week, according to the National Weather Service office in Aberdeen, S.D.

Jihad Khaled is desperate for help getting Egypt to release her jailed mother, Hoda Abdelmoniem, a human rights lawyer. In recent months, she and her husband, Abdullah Elshamy, have flown from Doha, Qatar, where they currently live, to Washington, D.C., to advocate on her mother's behalf.

Desperate To Secure Her Mother's Release From Prison, Egyptian Woman Seeks U.S. Help

The family of jailed Egyptian human rights lawyer Hoda Abdelmoniem says she is being held on unspecified charges in a women's prison north of Cairo.

(From left) Angie McMahon, MorMor and Devon Gilfillian

Station Breaks: The Best New Songs From NPR Music Stations

This month on Station Breaks, Samm Henshaw takes listeners to Sunday service, the crisp spring air summons Lovers Leap and MorMor searches for the sun.

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