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Storyteller Mitch Myers recounts the tale of Duke Ellington's performance at the Newport Jazz festival in 1956. It's a story of a journeyman saxophone player, Paul Gonsalves, and how his playing that night would become legend. (6:00) Music is from the CD Ellington at Newport on the Columbia Jazz label. The tune is called Diminuendo/Crescendo in Blue.

Ken Foster's memoir The Dogs Who Found Me: What I've Learned from Pets Who Were Left Behind is about to come out in paperback. He also contributed to and edited the collection Dog Culture: Writers on the Character of Canines. (This interview was first broadcast April 6, 2006.)

The Department of Veterans Affairs is halting foreclosures for 6 months for homeowners with VA Loans, after an NPR investigation that found thousands of them at risk of losing their homes.

The House Democrats' $1.9 billion security plan includes more than $730 million to reimburse the National Guard and other agencies for the Jan. 6 attacks. It's fate is unclear in the Senate.

Team USA just pulled off one of the biggest upsets in cricket's history. They beat Pakistan in super-over in group play in this year's World Cup.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he is passing on running for the senate in next year's midterm elections, a blow to Republicans who spent months courting him to challenge Democratic incumbent.

While a valiant endeavor, the Metropolitan Opera's new series of steaming concerts can't seem to shake off opera's fusty, aristocratic traditions.

With days left before Congress aims to wrap for the year, Republicans and Democrats appear more willing to negotiate on a COVID-19 relief bill. But key sticking points remain.

Half a dozen top executives at the U.S. Agency for Global Media were ousted this week, the latest in a shake-up that started with the arrival of a conservative filmmaker as the agency's new chief.

President Trump and his supporters have often complained about the deep state — a cabal of hostile bureaucrats. But maybe the biggest impediment to the president comes from his Cabinet.