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Rules for Emmy Nominees Stir Confusion

New rules for Emmy nominations exclude some past winners, creating a bit of a controversy in Hollywood as Sunday night's awards show nears. Matt Roush, senior critic for TV Guide, briefs Liane Hansen on the new rules.

The business model of luxury ski areas is again under scrutiny as the perils of climate change take hold in the Rocky Mountains.

Will skiing survive? Resorts struggle through a winter of climate and housing woes

In the West, ski resorts are banking on a Spring Break surge after a rough winter of prolonged drought, labor and housing shortages and frustrated customers.

A Palestinian man who became a novelist while in an Israeli prison is now free

Palestinian novelist Bassem Khandaqji won Arabic literature's top prize while in Israeli prison for a deadly Tel Aviv bombing. He was freed last month in the hostage-prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel.

As war widens in Middle East, the U.S. struggles to explain rationale for attacks

President Trump took questions publicly for the first time since striking Iran as violence continues to unfold in the region.

In 'It Takes Chutzpah,' Democratic Sen. Wyden lays out a path for progressive change

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., about his new book, "It Takes Chutzpah: How to Fight Fearlessly for Progressive Change," which is part memoir and part strategy guide.

Checkmate! Teen Chess Stars Make Their Move

The 2013 U.S. and Women's Chess Championships are under way in St. Louis, Missouri. Host Michel Martin speaks with two of the competition's youngest players. Kayden Troff is the current under-14 World Youth Chess Champion, and at 15, Sarah Chiang is the youngest woman competing in the Women's Chess Championships.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan tours a Wheeling, Ill., high school nanotechnology lab on Oct. 24.

Education Secretary Loses Some Of His Luster

Arne Duncan has expressed regret for his dismissive comment about the opposition of "white suburban moms" to Common Core standards, but the flap won't soon be forgotten.

Ernie K-Doe poses outside his Mother-In-Law Lounge during Jazz Fest in New Orleans in 2001. He died a few months later and was buried in St. Louis Cemetery No. 2.

Beyond The Music In St. Louis Cemetery No. 2

A New Orleans socialite donated space in her family's mausoleum in the city's famous St. Louis Cemetery No. 2. Now, the final resting place of a white, aristocratic family is also the eternal home of black musical royalty: Ernie "Emperor of the Universe" K-Doe and Earl King.

Elez Biberaj was acting director of Voice of America until Tuesday, when he accepted a demotion rather than retire.

VOA Director Forced Aside In Drive To Embed Trump Loyalists Before Biden Era

U.S. Agency for Global Media CEO Michael Pack removed Acting Voice of America Director Elez Biberaj, part of a broad effort to install Trump supporters before the Biden administration comes to power.

Florida state Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and Rep. Charlie Crist lead the Democratic primary to try to defeat Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Election contests to watch Tuesday in Florida, New York and Oklahoma

Florida and New York had their congressional maps scrambled by redistricting, boosting the number of notable races Tuesday. But the biggest matchup in Florida is at the top of the ticket.

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