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  • Symphonies may come under new regulation if current concerns force a rules change.
    Steroid Scandal Plagues Top Musicians
    Rumors have been circulating for some time that -- just like in the world of sports -- classical musicians are using performance-enhancing drugs. NPR's Tom Goldman talks to NPR's Lisa Simeone about the speculations.
  • A protester gathers containers that look like OxyContin bottles at an anti-opioid demonstration in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington in 2019.
    Corporate opioid payouts now being finalized would top $32 billion
    Companies at the center of the deadly prescription opioid epidemic are close to deals that would cap their liability while funding drug treatment and recovery programs.
  • The Killers' latest CD is <i>Hot Fuss</i> on Island Records.
    Tracking Down the Top Tunes of Summer
    Host Melissa Block asks what the top Summer song of 2005 will be. Several reviewers offer their picks for the season's most popular country, hip hop and alternative rock songs, from The Killers, Sugarland and Rihanna.
  • Year In Review: The Top Pop Of 2008
    Rock critic Ken Tucker offers up his top 10 lists of the best albums and singles of 2008.music. Here's his look at some of his own favorites.
  • Cars line up for coronavirus testing outside Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. Florida is one of many states reporting spikes in COVID-19 cases in recent days, as the number of confirmed cases worldwide has topped 10 million.
    Global COVID-19 Deaths Top 500,000
    The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide surpassed 10 million on Sunday while deaths topped half a million. Health officials estimate the actual case count could be much higher.
  • Top Moments In State Of The Union History
    When was the first State of the Union delivered? Did every president give one? Who delivered the "Four Freedoms" speech? Find out here.
  • Top Stories from left to right: If Raw Fruits Or Veggies Give You A Tingly Mouth, It's A Real Syndrome; No Jail Time For 19-Year-Old In Idaho Coat-Hanger Assault Case; Flattening The 'Mummy Tummy' With 1 Exercise, 10 Minutes A Day; In A Surprise Send-Off, Obama Awards Biden Presidential Medal Of Freedom.
    The Top Stories On NPR.org In 2017
    The stories that NPR's readers embraced range from news of President Trump's first year in D.C. to warnings about living in an "underslept state" and "What Living On $100,000 A Year Looks Like."
  • Hughes Tapped for Top Diplomatic Post
    Former White House adviser Karen Hughes is appointed as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, where she will be charged with remaking the United States' image abroad.
  • Top CEOs in the U.S. are split over the likelihood of a recession
    After one CEO warned of an economic downturn that will be like a "hurricane," other chief executives suggest the debate over the likelihood of a recession is a tempest in a teapot.
  • The Houston Astros' Marwin Gonzalez celebrates his ninth-inning home run that tied the score at 3-3 in Game 2 of the World Series with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.
    Astros Beat Dodgers 7-6 To Tie The 2017 World Series
    Game 2 of the series goes to the Astros after their offense comes alive and the Dodgers' bullpen falters.
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