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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with rapper and singer Ashnikko, whose studio debut album Weedkiller is out now.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a lifelong civil rights advocate until his death Tuesday at the age of 84.

NPR's Ailsa Chang chats with author Dave Eggers about his new novel Contrapposto.

Hourly workers across a number of industries have long been grappling with unstable schedules and pay as their employers use software to slash labor costs and maximize productivity.

The Boeing 737 crashed midday Friday near José Martí International Airport. "There is a high number of people who appear to have died," Cuban President Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said.

Of those, less than 27,000 people used the federal HealthCare.gov site to select a plan, according to data from the Department of Health and Human Services. The government says 106,185 Americans picked out plans in the first month of enrollment.

The consulate general in San Diego says identifications on the victims suggest they were nationals of Mexico.

Cyclone Phailin has struck India's coast in the Bay of Bengal, where more than 500,000 people have fled vulnerable areas along the coast. Phailin could pack hurricane-force winds for hours to come.

A gunman killed 10 people and wounded 10 others in the mass shooting in Monterey Park on Saturday. The incident took place near one of Southern California's largest Chinese New Year street festivals.

While serving a life sentence for a murder he was eventually exonerated of committing, Calvin Duncan studied law and helped many wrongfully convicted prisoners. His memoir is The Jailhouse Lawyer.