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American basketball star Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly 10 months in detention in Russia.

The famed singer, songwriter and pianist covers some holiday classics as well as two originals that she hopes will extend the shelf-life of the holiday spirit.

The 2022 Ohio Turnpike Name-A-Snowplow Contest winners include "Ctrl-Salt-Delete," "Clearopathtra" and six others.

Mark performed songs from her transcendent debut album, Three Dimensions Deep, at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., as part of NPR Music's 15th anniversary celebration.

Watch the pianist, who's been called "a performer of near-superhuman prowess," play a smart set that spans six centuries.

Associate Attorney General Tony West served as the point man for the Obama administration's efforts to recover taxpayer money in settlements related to residential-mortgage-backed securities.

Congressional leaders say they're mostly satisfied with what they've learned about the counterintelligence investigation but have a few more questions for the FBI and Department of Justice.

President Biden said the current law limits his administration's power to hold executives responsible when midsize banks fail due to mismanagement.

After two years of political bickering, Richard Cordray has been confirmed as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He thinks that, in the end, his agency has won bipartisan support for the work it will do.

The Beige Book — a big, official report — is mostly a bunch of stories gathered by talking to businesses around the country.

Hurricane Ike is storming toward the Gulf Coast of Texas — home to a quarter of the nation's oil refining capacity. As refineries shut down in anticipation of the storm, wholesale gasoline prices have shot up, despite crude oil prices falling to their lowest level in more than five months.

Hip-hop is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Commentator Kiana Fitzgerald is looking back at the albums that changed the game.

Former Enron Corp. chiefs Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling are convicted Thursday of conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud in a case born from one of the biggest business scandals in U.S. history. The pair now face lengthy prison sentences.

Georges Bizet is only known for one opera — but he packs more hummable tunes than usual into it. This production features Roberto Alagna as Don Jose.

His name was Alvin Thomas. But nobody dared call him that. "Titanic" Thompson earned his nickname from a life spent gambling -- because Titanic could sink anybody.

Can opera be passionate without shrieking mad scenes and overstuffed choruses? The answer is yes, and Claude Debussy's subtle, dreamy psychological thriller proves it, in a production from German Opera On Rhein.

Kids are their own people. And the data suggests parents' decisions don't have as much sway as we think. Psychologist Yuko Munakata says it's a good thing that there's no right way to parent.

On Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke's latest trip to Capitol Hill, he is quizzed about the latest inflation numbers -- and about what the Fed plans to do with interest rates.

Listeners responded to Monday's interview with author Toni Morrison about her new novel, A Mercy. Morrison talked about her realization while writing the book that many white Americans have ancestors who were slaves. Not all listeners were surprised by that revelation.

The opera has a scatterbrained story, full of decidedly goofy characters. Yet Rossini's gift for musical profiling, plus a raft of bravura arias and ensembles, make this La Scala production a comic gem.