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  • Summer Walker's <em>Over It </em>is one of the best albums of October.
    NPR Music's Top 15 Albums Of October
    Among the month's best albums, you'll find veterans of varying ages making some of the best music of their careers, but also a striking debut by a promising R&B singer.
  • NPR Music's Top 10 Albums Of November
    It's truly been a great year for music, right up to the final months. November gifted us new albums by FKA twigs, Michael Kiwanuka and Mount Eerie.
  • Cuco's debut album, <em>Para Mí</em>, is one of NPR Music's best albums of July.
    NPR Music's Top 10 Albums Of July
    In the sweaty month of July, we turned to Cuco's Para Mí, Burna Boy's African Giant and J. Cole's homie-gathering compilation Revenge of the Dreamers III.
  • Dustin Bockman of Vicksburg, Miss., and his hunting party pose with a 727-pound alligator they took from a river near the Mississippi River. The gator is 13 feet, 4.5 inches long, and its belly is 67 inches.
    Two Alligators Topping 720 Pounds Each Caught In Mississippi
    The massive reptiles, which were both caught Sunday, set new state records for heaviest male alligator. Each hunting team spent hours trying to bring the gators in.
  • Iranian kayak team members Kimiya Vaezi and Roxanna Razeghian, with their coach, Katayoon Ashraf, and American coach Chris Wiegand. The Iranians have been training in the U.S. this summer, hoping to qualify for the 2008 Olympics.
    Iranian Women Learn Top Kayaking Skills in U.S.
    This summer, three Iranian teens and their coach have traveled the US to train in Olympic-level kayaking skills. The women had to overcome not only their first big, wild water, but also political and cultural obstacles.
  • Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller responds to angry and skeptical questions from senators on Tuesday in Washington.
    Senators Grill Top Marine Over Nude Photo Scandal
    "Why should we believe that it's going to be different this time than it's been in the past?" Sen. Jeanne Shaheen asked Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller.
  • Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks to party members during their meeting last summer in Scottsdale, Ariz.
    Top Democrat Insists Party Will Hold Senate — But Turnout Is Key
    DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz says the Republican Party hasn't changed at all since its 2012 losses and continues to alienate "huge swaths of voters."
  • Teachers tell NPR that exploring previous precedents can help students make sense of what happened on Jan. 6. For example: when invading British troops attacked Washington and set fire to the U.S. Capitol in 1814.
    8 ways teachers are talking about Jan. 6 in their classrooms
    A year after a pro-Trump mob invaded the U.S. Capitol, teachers say they want students to grapple with the uncomfortable facts of the day.
  • U.S. to Replace Top General in Iraq
    The Pentagon is expected to replace Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez as the top U.S. commander in Iraq. President Bush called Sanchez "exemplary," and officials say his transfer is part of a long-planned reorganization. Nevertheless, the move leaves the impression in some quarters that the administration is not satisfied with Sanchez's performance in Iraq. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports.
  • Bon Iver's <em>i,i</em> appears on NPR Music's best albums of August.
    NPR Music's Top 12 Albums Of August
    Lana Del Rey balanced bleak beauty with real insight, Young Thug's So Much Fun culminated his influence and Bon Iver offered an album just in time for autumn.
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