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Dacus mixes plainspoken language with rock-music instrumentation on her debut album. Critic Ken Tucker says the singer-songwriter's vulnerability goes against the grain of much current pop music.

Authorities in Florida say at least two people have been killed by fallen trees. The hurricane hit the northeast part of the state with high winds, surf and a big storm surge.

With high winds and rain hitting Georgia's coastal communities, it's now too late to evacuate. A curfew is in place until daylight because of fears of looting.

Springsteen talks about his New Jersey roots, masculinity and his stage persona. Alexandra Horowitz, author of Being A Dog, says dogs create "a picture of the world through smell."

Valerie Wilson of the Economic Policy Institute and Adia Harvey Wingfield of Washington University in St. Louis discuss a new study finding a greater racial wage gap in 2015 than in 1979.

Hundreds of people were killed and thousands displaced after Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti this week. Washington Post Mexico City bureau chief Joshua Partlow speaks from Les Cayes, Haiti.

One day after Hurricane Matthew skirted the Florida coast, cleanup and recovery are underway. At least nine people were killed across the Southeast.

Mark Rosekind, of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, tells NPR's Scott Simon what's causing a spike in car accidents in the first half of this year and what's being done about it.

The baseball playoffs are underway. Who's winning, who's losing? NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the magazine about the Friday and Saturday's games.

The worst of Hurricane Matthew has left Florida. In its wake, there are scores of downed trees, power lines and some structural damage. But the storm stayed far enough offshore that the state avoided catastrophic damage.