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As war in the Middle East escalates, communities across the U.S. ponder how to mark Persian New Year's Day, or Nowruz.

2: American folk singer ROSALIE SORRELS may not be wildly famous but since the 1960s she's developed a near cult like following. Her admirers describe Sorrels as someone who has lived the life she now sings about. In fact, she was immortalized in a song by Nanci Griffith describing Sorrels as "Salt of the earth.....with a voice like wine." .Her newest CD is "Borderline Heart" by Green Linnet Records Inc. The book "Way Out in Idaho" is a collection of her poems, songs and recipes. In 1992, She received the recording industry "Indie" award for Best Storytelling album for her CD "Report From Grimes Creek."

Many Republicans appear to have bought into Trump's lies about widespread election fraud. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that just a third of GOP voters say they trust elections are fair.

We've looked at the lives of 15-year-old girls all over the world. Now American girls tell us what it's like to be 15 in the U.S.

Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer imprisoned in Illinois, could be key to securing the freedom of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, two Americans who are being held in Russia.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Steve Gallon, school board member for Miami-Dade County Schools, about the state education department's ban of a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies.

In today's political climate, conspiracy theories are commonplace. But they're nothing new. In the 1960s, the John Birch Society built a movement around them.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee called on the nation to better empathize with the pain of black Americans in the wake of the death of the black man by a white police officer.

NPR received a letter from a government spokesman late Tuesday saying "Hungary has been subjected to a barrage of attacks" and requesting an apology from American news organizations and think tanks.

The compiler of Classic African American Gospel, a new collection from Smithsonian Folkways, talks about the roots of Motown in gospel music, its role in the Civil Rights movement, what new gospel sounds like and who's playing it.