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Folk-music legend Odetta was a force in the 1960s push for social justice. Her passion inspired fellow musicians and activists such as Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Harry Belafonte. Odetta died Dec. 2, 2008, at the age of 77. Hear a 2005 interview.

President Biden announced that White House interns will now be paid for the first time in history. Participating interns will be paid $750 per week starting this fall.

The pilot was passing through airport security when a Transportation Security Administration officer noticed he was acting drunk. He was given a breathalyzer test.

The United States sanctioned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

From Stagecoach to The Graduate, movies have helped to shape our world. Nick Clooney, former host of cable's American Movie Classics, joins NPR's Bob Edwards to talk about his new book, The Movies That Changed Us: Reflections on the Screen. NPR Online has the list of the 20 movies featured in Clooney's book.

After getting hit with 3 inches of snow and extreme temperatures this weekend, schools around Athens are beginning to make decisions regarding closures.

With clean drinking water scarce for millions of people in flood-ravaged parts of Pakistan, the risk of a cholera outbreak is increasing.

In a YouTube video, the science communicator and author announced that he's recently been diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The property tax rate, which determines the largest source of funding for the school district, dropped last year for the first time in more than five years.

Shane Lamond allegedly used his position in the Metropolitan Police Department's Intelligence Branch to share information with Enrique Tarrio, a leader with the far-right extremist group