All Things Considered
A section of Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, N.Y. was renamed Hip Hop Boulevard in 2016, in recognition of the apartment building where the music is said to have been born. José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR hide caption
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National Security
Remembering the impact of Al Qaeda's bombings of U.S. embassies, 25 years later
Remembering the impact of Al Qaeda's bombings of U.S. embassies, 25 years later
Parity and pain: World Cup favorites are out, a sign the global game is on the rise
Wildfire smoke is hampering precious remaining days for some kids at summer camps
Ohio Democrats consider trying to have voters directly decide issues like abortion
Jessy Lanza has spent the last decade developing house-pop music where weightless atmosphere is shot through with jittery drums. Trent Tomlinson/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A section of Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, N.Y. was renamed Hip Hop Boulevard in 2016, in recognition of the apartment building where the music is said to have been born. José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR hide caption
50 years ago, teenagers partied in the Bronx — and gave rise to hip-hop
Aerial view showing a fire at the Chapada Diamantina region, between the cities of Andarai and Mucuge, in Bahia state, northeastern Brazil, on October 7, 2020. - Chapada Diamantina National Park preserves areas of three Brazilian biomes: Mata Atlantica, Cerrado and Caatinga among its 152,000 hectares. MATEUS MORBECK/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Brazil's president will try to rally more support to save rainforest at Amazon Summit
Business
Publishing company Simon & Schuster was sold for $1.62 billion to investment firm KKR
Publishing company Simon & Schuster was sold for $1.62 billion to investment firm KKR
With ice cream theft up, some grocery stores add lid locks to pints as a deterrence
Former Minneapolis cop gets the final sentence in the police killing of George Floyd
A visit to a castle being built from scratch deep in a forest in Burgundy, France
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