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Dr. Carla Hayden is the country's 14th librarian of Congress and is the first woman and first African-American to hold the job. She spent much of her career at Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.

Nine people were injured in a stabbing attack in a Minnesota shopping mall late Saturday. An ISIS-run news agency claimed a "soldier of the Islamic State" was responsible.

New York police, the FBI and other agencies are investigating a bombing in Manhattan Saturday that injured 29 people.

A new study says sixth-graders do better when they attend K-8 schools, so they're not the youngest.

A new study by the Brennan Center for Justice has found violent crime and homicides on the rise this year, but analysts said a small number of cities such as Chicago account for much of the increase.

At least one incident of ballot-stuffing was caught on camera, but Sunday's vote brought a big win for President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party and its allies.

The country singer-songwriter and friends will join NPR Music's Ann Powers at the Country Music Hall of Fame during AmericanaFest.

NPR Music returns as the exclusive webcast home for Nashville's big night on Sept. 21, with performances by Bob Weir, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Jason Isbell and The Lumineers.

They're wondering about the impact of the family's poverty on the tragic turn of events — and whether the government does enough to help the impoverished.

NPR Music is headed to Nashville for this week's AmericanaFest where we'll be checking out some of the newest and most promising voices in roots music, along with a few veterans.