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Hyphy is a rap style out of the suburbs of San Francisco, defined by its fast pace and intricate wordplay. It's now getting national attention, as rapper E-40 has an album in Billboard's top 100. Youth Radio's Tapan Munshi explains.

Choosing one winner from all the incredible entries NPR Music receives each year is no small feat — but this year, one songwriter gave a captivating performance that rose to the top.

The votes are being counted after millions of Congolese voted in national elections on Sunday. It is the vast, impoverished nation's first democratic elections in 46 years. Joseph Kabila was considered the front-runner. But no candidate in the field is expected to win the majority needed to avoid a runoff.

President Bush named top White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board on Monday to succeed the near-legendary Alan Greenspan.

The summer of 2005 may not go down in history as another Summer of Love, but Woodstock's legacy includes a summertime routine of music festivals across the country. Weekend Edition Sunday music director Ned Wharton lists some of the best bets.

President Bush wound up a four-nation overseas trip on Tuesday with an address to tens of thousands of people in Tbilisi, the capital of the Georgia. Bush praised the country's move toward democracy and its efforts to forge an independent international identity.

In what is likely to be the largest computer-information breach yet reported, MasterCard says a computer hacker gained access to 40 million credit-card accounts. Many other credit card companies were affected. What should customers do?

U.S. employers added 428,000 jobs in April, as the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%.

Tuesday's hearing is expected to focus on former President Trump's pressure on officials to change the results of voting in their states.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, editor of the Black Agenda, about celebrating Juneteenth without misappropriating the holiday.