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Christopher Butler, a producer at Nickelodeon, witnessed the crashing of US Airways Flight 1549 that was en route to Charlotte, N.C., from LaGuardia Airport. He said he was sitting at his desk when a co-worker alerted him to what was happening.

The spelling change is a feat for the Turkish government that has been pushing for countries to recognize its Turkish name.

This year's NON-COMMvention lineup includes Beabadoobee, Fontaines D.C., Reyna Tropical and more.

WXPN's annual music festival returns to The Camden Waterfront from Sept. 20-22.

Hear from newcomers and veteran artists alike in five recent World Cafe sessions worth another listen.

This week, there was news about the Stone Age and aged Stones. And the aged. And the stoned. It was also a big week for prison breaks. Were you paying attention?

NPR's Lauren Frayer plays the puzzle with MPR listener, Dave Scheid of Rochester, Minn., and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WBAA listener Bob Kozak of Lafayette, Indiana, and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

As more research shows how noise pollution can have severely harmful impacts on our health, there is a growing movement looking for ways to make communities quieter and healthier.

A new study finds an uptick in the number of women who are fishing in the Upper Great Lakes region. Younger women especially seem drawn to a sport that is traditionally male-dominated.

The U.S. cancer death rate dropped more than 2% between 2016 and 2017, the biggest single-year drop ever, according to the American Cancer Society. Better treatment for lung cancer is a factor.

Daniel talks to Canadian Health Minister Diane Marleau about the Canadian policies to restrict tobacco advertising. The Canadian government requires large health warnings on each package of cigarettes, imposes high taxes on cigarettes, and bans tobacco advertising. Marleau says that results are mixed... tobacco companies try to get around the advertising restrictions, people travel to the U.S. to buy cheaper cigarettes, and studies about the effectivness of the ban in reducing smoking do not show definitively that smoking among young people has declined.

Appearing today at the 20th Century Fox Studio in Los Angeles, Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole said that Americans were looking for movies that promoted good moral values, not those which glorify violence and casual sex. He was less critical of the movie industry than he was in a speech earlier this year, and praised certain movies for encouraging good values like patriotism. Both Dole and President Clinton are trying to convince voters that they are attuned to their concerns about declining values. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Contrary to what you might see on TV, homicide, assault and rapes have decreased in big cities since the 1970s. Patrick Sharkey attributes the change, in part, to something that happened in the '90s.

White voters without a college degree helped President Trump win in 2016. But census data show they make up less eligible voters now. The electorate has more whites with college degrees and Latinx.

The researchers found that ISIS took in approximately 50 percent less income last year than in 2014. That's because its financial fortunes are linked to the amount of territory it controls.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Annika Silva-Leander, the lead writer of the International IDEA's report that designated the U.S as a "backsliding democracy."

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Hechinger Report Author Jon Marcus about the financial woes of rural universities and why some are dropping dozens of programs.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said 367 people died from the virus Saturday — less than half of the daily number at the height of the outbreak.