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Otis, who died in 2012, started out leading a big band. Later, as a talent scout, he discovered such performers as Big Mama Thornton, Esther Phillips and Etta James. Originally broadcast in 1989.

James was discovered as a teen by talent scout Johnny Otis. Her career took off in the '60s with hits like "All I Could Do Was Cry" and "At Last." She died in 2012. Originally broadcast in 1994.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has new details for Israel's expanded incursion in Gaza, saying Israeli troops are seizing more land there.

NPR speaks with writer Kiese Laymon about his new children's book "City Summer, Country Summer," in which three Black boys form a deep connection during one transformative summer in the South.

The U.S. built up a network of institutions supporting public diplomacy and scholarship after World War Two and throughout the Cold War. The Trump administration is dismantling these institutions.

Thousands of people along the Lagos coastline have been evicted by the Nigerian Navy and government in an apparent effort to make way for luxury developments.

Here's what a few plant and gardening experts say it takes to save a dying plant.

The Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team is rebuilding from scratch with a new head coach after losing all their players to graduation or transfer.

"What is it like to be a teen right now?" Young artists explored that question for two different exhibitions of their work this summer. But on the National Mall, their work was deemed too political.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to testify in Senate hearing, Trump's latest pick for Fed board faces confirmation hearing, judge rules Trump administration illegally froze Harvard funds.