Search results for

Also: Tens of thousands of Muslims continue to flee violence in Myanmar; publisher Tronc is buying the New York Daily News; and today's the 40th anniversary of the Voyager II launch to deep space.

Slate contributor Timothy Noah analyzes the classic Cole Porter tune "You're the Top." The song was a catalog of the top of 1930s pop culture, but Noah wonders whether the then-current references will leave contemporary listeners bewitched, bothered and bewildered.

After a few promising EPs of glammed-up garage-punk, the Chicago band is set to release Errors,its spastic and ridiculously fun debut full-length.

From online classes to warnings against xenophobia — and at least one "COVID-cat" — here's how schools are coping with the global health crisis.

Also: Jared Kushner's former companies in New York City allegedly profited from false permits; a Cirque du Soleil performer dies in an accident; and bushfires destroy dozens of Australian homes.

Italian police have arrested a human smuggling kingpin behind the trafficking of Eritrean refugees. But some Eritreans say they have the wrong man. Scott Simon talks with journalist Meron Estefanos.

Farai Chideya pays tribute to Four Tops frontman Levi Stubbs, who died Friday at his Detroit home. He was 72 years old.

Thanks to all who supported the station. If you have yet to do so, you can click the DONATE button to the upper right of the page, or call…

Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently fired the city's police superintendent. Now, residents will get to have a say about who should lead the country's second-largest police department.

Also: Smoke from western wildfires blows across the U.S.; Education Secretary DeVos will speak on enforcing Title IX sexual assault protections; and here's what happens to cars after a hurricane.