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Listen to the Asheville band Town Mountain, and you hear mandolin, banjo, the twang in the harmonies—all the markers of bluegrass.But listen a little more…

Firefighters in northern California now say about 1,000 people are missing from the Camp Fire. The number has gone up and down. Steve Inskeep talks to Cal Fire spokesman Cary Wright about the data.

Other titles include Ling Ma's Severance and Elaine Castillo's America is Not the Heart. This is the second year for the prize, which focuses on fiction that addresses contemporary issues.

The Coen brothers pay homage to old Westerns with their new film, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. The movie is a collection of six stories that often subvert the expectations of the genre.

Eleven House Democrats and five incoming freshmen have signed a letter committing to oppose Nancy Pelosi's speakership bid on the House floor.

Active-duty troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border are barred from direct contact with migrants. Instead, they're stringing concertina wire and camping out just miles from their regular bases.

The Chicago Police Department says two employees of Mercy Hospital & Medical Center were killed along with a police officer. "This tears at the soul of our city," said Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

The Trump administration has invested a lot in Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Now, the president is hesitant to blame him for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig about her story that found Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to government officials using a personal email account.

An internal email reveals a Justice Department discussion about the possibility of "renewed debate" over whether the Patriot Act could force the release of individuals' confidential census responses.