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Babe Ruth gave the home run its status as a potent weapon in the game of baseball, the author of a new biography says. "Before [he] came along, the home run was kind of a mistake...," Leigh Montville says.

Weekend Edition essayist Bonny Wolf suggests making a family recipe for Mother’s Day. She tells NPR's Liane Hansen the ingredients and instructions for gas company candy and her neighbor Bill’s mother’s war cake.

Kentucky's job strategy seems to be working. In the last year the state added 47,000 jobs, making it number two in the nation. With a hard-hat and shovel,…

A letter from our friends at the Cincy Blues Fest:Cincy Blues Fans: Our 21st year of the Cincy Blues Fest is coming up soon, and you are needed to make it…

A major court ruling Friday declares that Ohio may not ban early in-person voting on the three days just before election day itself. A federal appeals…

A city attorney said officials are working to aggressively enforce a tougher chronic nuisance ordinance Council approved last year. Mark Manning started…

Strategies to End Homelessness is celebrating some good news in Hamilton County's homeless numbers. The just released 2014 Community Data Report finds…

NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2015. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.

Kendrick Lamar's performance at the Super Bowl is paying dividends, as three of his albums find themselves in this week's top 10.

These cookbooks take readers on trips around the world, learning the secrets and treasured recipes of cooks from varied cultures.