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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with singer-songwriter Kali Uchis about her soulful new album 'Red Moon in Venus' and the inspiration behind it.

Brazil's former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges. Lula, as he's popularly known, was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison but remains free pending appeal. Lula denies wrongdoing and claims the charges are politically motivated.

For the first time in decades, Democrats run the show in Michigan, passing legislative priorities they've been after for years: repealing a 1931 abortion law, repealing right-to-work and more.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping's rare explicit criticism of the U.S. was followed on Tuesday by a barrage of scorn and criticism aimed squarely at Washington from China's new foreign minister.

The U.S. Senate voted to block a sweeping criminal justice reform bill passed by local lawmakers in the District of Columbia.

In the area, berry fields have become small lakes, leaving workers without jobs, food and, in some cases, housing.

Many questions are raised by the discovery of missile parts in a North Korean ship coming from Cuba and passing through the Panama Canal. Cuban authorities acknowledge sending the parts, but they do not explain why they are doing business with North Korea. The incident sheds some light on two of the most isolated regimes on the planet and what political and commercial ties may bind them.

My Powerful Hair is Indigenous author Carole Lindstrom's new children's book. It is inspired by her grandmother, who was forced to cut off her hair to try to remove her from Native culture.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke are before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday to urge senators to act quickly on the $700 billion bailout package. Democrats seem to be unfied over the plan but some Republicans are hostile towards it.

National parks and hiking trail networks around the country are facing dual pressures - crowds and changing weather. Preservationists in New Hampshire are painstakingly restoring one such trail.