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Puerto Rico is cleaning up after Tropical Storm Ernesto dropped more than 10 inches of rain on parts of the island. Crews are working to restore power to more than 700,000 customers left in the dark.

Brazilian musician, Sergio Mendes, who popularised bossa nova, has died at the age of 83.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to the British producer, guitarist and vocalist about What Kinda Music, his new album with drummer Yussef Dayes.

The Grammy-winning musician, whose hit "Mas Que Nada" helped make him a global ambassador for Brazilian music, died after months battling the effects of long COVID.

This Sunday, hundreds of people are expected to converge on the town of Isleton, south of Sacramento, to celebrate one thing: SPAM.

Neptune isn't as blue as people think, and astronomers have figured out why Uranus sometimes appears a tad greener. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 5, 2024.)

There's a world record for the most people skiing in jeans, and Jackson Hole resort is trying to break it by dropping their typically astronomical lift ticket price for anyone wearing denim.

In Wyoming, hundreds of denim-clad people hit the slopes over the weekend to set a new world record — for skiing in jeans. (This piece originally aired Dec. 11, 2023 on All Things Considered.)o

Members of the House and Senate Armed Services committees will see the full video of a controversial U.S. boat strike Wednesday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth decided not to release publicly.

The 2022 Pulitzer Prize awards were spread across a wide range of newsrooms and subjects, from toxic workplace hazards to the Jan. 6 attack.