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Tiny Music Royalties Add Up, Unexpectedly

The Internet is full of music, but not all of it generates income for composers and songwriters. Services that specialize in "micro-licensing" are helping to fix that.

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 13: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to give remarks on his administration's response to the surge in COVID-19 cases across the country from the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

The Movement To Stick Inflation Blame On Biden

It's a bad time to be a world leader. COVID did that.

What went so wrong with Netflix's 'Love is Blind' reunion livestream attempt

Netflix scrapped its live part of the 'Love is Blind' reunion episode Sunday. It was the second time Netflix had tried to air something live as streaming platforms try to win over viewers.

After testing positive for COVID-19, Diana Berrent established Survivor Corps, a grassroots clearinghouse for COVID-19 survivors interested in donating blood plasma to organizations developing therapies that might combat the disease.

Market For Blood Plasma From COVID-19 Survivors Heats Up

As many firms and academic researchers vie for blood donations from survivors in hopes of isolating components for new treatments, one project is turning for help from 10,000 Orthodox Jewish women.

People listen to the radio as the results of the presidential elections are announced in Kireka, Uganda, in February. Many rural Ugandans don't have Internet access, and the radio is a central source of news — and platform for citizens' opinions.

Turn On, Tune In, Transcribe: U.N. Develops Radio-Listening Tool

In rural Uganda, "radio is everything," as one journalist puts it. So the U.N., hoping to hear more rural voices, used a tiny amount of data to build speech recognition software for new languages.

Coronavirus Update: California Partially Reopens

NPR's correspondents update on the latest coronavirus news, including the effectiveness of infrared temperature checks and California's partial reopening.

How A New Executive Order Aims To Shift Power From Companies To Consumers

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Bharat Ramamurti, deputy director of the National Economic Council, about President Biden's executive order that aims to shift power from companies to consumers.

Best in Show winner Rufus, a bull terrier, is taken through his paces in competiton during the 130th Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York, Feb. 14.

Bull Terrier Takes Best in Show at Westminster

A bull terrier named Rocky Top's Sundance Kid (aka "Rufus") takes top prize Tuesday night at the Westminster Dog Show in New York. David Frei, director of communications at the Westminster Kennel Club, and Kathy Kirk, Rufus' handler, talk to Robert Siegel about this year's Super Bowl of dog shows.

Our alternate headline: Why Nobody Will Ever Top Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You."

A Rational Conversation: Darren Davis Of Clear Channel On New Christmas Songs

An interview with Clear Channel's National Programming Vice President Darren Davis about the science behind creating all-holiday playlists, regional Christmas favorites and which of this year's new Christmas songs might have what it takes to stick around in years to come.

It's been confirmed that a snow goose in Hyde County exhibited signs of HPAI prior to being euthanized. The HPAI virus was later confirmed by an Iowa lab.

NC wild birds are first confirmed deaths due to avian flu

The first documented wild bird mortalities due to a highly infectious bird flu were confirmed by North Carolina natural resource agencies Wednesday.

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