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The federal government accused John Kapoor, the founder of Insys Therapeutics, and his co-defendants of running a nationwide bribery scheme that contributed to the opioid crisis.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater about Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh's resignation on Thursday.

Mayhew died at his home in North Texas on Tuesday. When he landed the iconic role, he was a part-time actor working as a hospital orderly.

A soldier visiting the active volcano on the Big Island hopped a guardrail and fell in when the ground collapsed. Airlifted out of the crater, he is in stable condition.

U.S. employers added 263,000 new jobs in April. That's more than analysts were expecting, and it's another sign the economy keeps chugging along after almost a decade of growth.

Engineers at the company discovered a problem with a key safety indicator light within months of the first deliveries of the 737 Max. But it didn't inform airlines or regulators for another year.

Dale Cohen played a round at Sycamore Springs Golf Course. On the second hole, he did something he'd never done before: He hit a hole in one. A bit later, on the eighth hole, he hit another one.

NPR's Peter Overby reports President elect George W. Bush chose Don Evans as commerce secretary yesterday. Evans, an oilman from Texas, Evans was also chairman of Bush's campaign fundraising. The Bush campaign broke records with the amounts of money it raised and Bush has high hopes that Evans sill continue that trend in his new position.

Storyteller Rosalyn Kirkel talks about the first time she celebrated Chanukah, 54 years ago, in Germany after the Holocaust.

NPR's Madeleine Brand reports on re-interpreting Christmas music. New York artist Christian Marclay has collected thousands of holiday albums from thrift shops and used record stores, and he and a group of dj's mix and scratch their selections for crowds at the New Museum. Marclay says it's a way to make art out of throw-away recordings that only have nostalgic value. Listeners say the resulting sound is both annoying and interesting.