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BA.5 is now the dominant omicron strain in the U.S. It's good at evading the immune system, though doesn't appear to cause more serious illness.

Willie Nelson is 74; Ray Price is 81; and Merle Haggard is a mere 70. The three of them have collaborated on a new double-CD, Last of the Breed. But despite the many years that the trio share between them, the music is pretty fresh.

Jon McLaughlin's new piano-based pop album pays tribute to his native Midwest. On Indiana, McLaughlin candidly charts the ups and downs of the record industry, love, loss and the spirit of middle-America. It's the 24-year-old singer-songwriter's major-label debut.

In Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, Russian forces continue to pound neighborhoods in the north and east. But city garbage collectors are still picking up the trash.

A mass shooting at a tavern in Johannesburg's Soweto township has killed at least 15 people and left others in critical condition.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with musician Wryn about their Tiny Desk Contest entries and their forthcoming album.

A Russian rocket attack hit the town of Chasiv Yar, destroying a five-story apartment building and killing at least 15 people.

Pablo de Sarasate was a virtuoso performer and respected composer, and he had a certain charm that made him irresistable to swooning admirers. We'll hear his Introduction and Tarantella by another violinist who fits that description: Corey Cerovsek, in concert at the Virginia Arts Festival with pianist Julien Quentin.

Questlove, leader of the hip-hop group The Roots, talks about a new album, Game Theory. He says the album is "dark," and the subject matter ranges from Katrina to politics.

Protests are held in Washington, D.C., and in San Francisco, to oppose the continued U.S. occupation of Iraq. Demonstrators in the nation's capital also focused on the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Andrea Seabrook.