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Supporters of National Security Agency data leaker Edward Snowden launched a campaign Wednesday urging President Obama to pardon Snowden from a possible 30-year prison sentence. Snowden has been exiled in Russia since making off with a trove of NSA files in 2013, and he spoke from there via video link to his supporters Wednesday. The campaign coincides with the release of an Oliver Stone biopic titled, Snowden.

Hurricane Florence caused more than a billion dollars' worth of damage to farms and livestock in North Carolina, including farms that grow sweet potatoes.

Teachers and students in parts of Kentucky are reckoning with heavily damaged schools and a delayed start to the school year after deadly flash floods inundated the region last month.

In light of recent deadly floods in Seoul, South Korea, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Eric Chu, assistant professor at University of California, Davis, how climate change is affecting cities.

Sally made landfall in Alabama as a Category 2 hurricane with high winds. Forecasters warned the slow-moving storm may bring catastrophic flooding to parts of Alabama and Florida.

A jazz pianist and bandleader, Iyer is one of the most critically acclaimed musicians of the past decade. He also has a masters in physics. Here, he explains why he decided to switch to a full-time career as a jazz musician, and describes what influenced his latest album, Solo..

In Iran, Hypernova faced lashings for playing rock 'n' roll. In Williamsburg, it's practically a crime not to rock. After leaving Iran, band member Raam has encouraged other musicians back home to escape to the U.S., where their art can't be controlled.

Led by poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg, the garage-rock band The Fugs became a pivotal player in the American underground of the mid- to late '60s. The group retired in 1969 but re-formed in the mid-'80s and has performed and recorded regularly ever since. The band is set to release what could be its last album.

The Beatles' Apple Records put out the Fab Four's own singles and albums, as well as music by other performers the individual Beatles liked. Critic Ed Ward takes a look behind the scenes at Apple Records, and at the full albums the label released.

The songs, videos and musical moments that stopped the All Songs host in his tracks this week.