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Decades before Motown, Black Swan Records was the world's first major Black-owned record label. Radio Diaries brings us the story of Harry Pace and the mystery that kept him out of the history books.

The first Black female mayor elected in the state of Iowa has died. Former Clinton Mayor LaMetta Wynn died in Lincoln, Nebraska last week at the age of 87.

Europe lists four approved vaccines for travelers. There's an omission that makes Nigerian physician Ifeanyi Nsofor feel invisible — and disappointed.

Fiallo was known as the "mother of the telenovela," writing hugely popular stories that were packed with torrid love affairs, amnesia, murders, and more.

Suburban voters and white men helped push Biden over the top, while Hispanic voters and white women swayed toward Trump. Those trends may shape strategy for Republicans and Democrats in 2022.

Here at the midpoint of 2021, these are the two dozen or so albums NPR Music's staff will be carrying as they step back out into the world.

As recently as last month, Surfside, Fla., officials were ordering changes at Champlain Towers South. But the demands never focused on the building's fundamental soundness.

The city of Miami Beach is cancelling its fireworks and other July 4th festivities out of respect for the families and victims of the condominium collapse in neighboring Surfside, Fla.

Sure, you can serve burgers and hot dogs this holiday weekend — but why not think outside the grilling box?

A shortage of oil truck drivers is fueling the outages at some stations.