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Since co-founding the history-making, history-preserving North Mississippi Allstars almost 30 years ago, Luther Dickinson has taken his guitar, his deep blues repertoire, and his Memphis soul around the world and into all kinds of collaborations. In his latest return to The String, we talk about the nature of improvising and some of his recent experimental and instrumental projects, plus the 2025 Allstars album Still Rollin’, marking the 25th anniversary of the band’s debut album.

The Taliban beat him for being Hazara. He spent his life savings to smuggle his family to Turkey — climbing over its border wall — to find a community of Afghans that helps each other get settled.

The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly to 8.6 percent in November, in part because hundreds of thousands of Americans stopped looking for work. But analysts said the modest increase of 120,000 jobs created last month points to an economy that's generally still limping.

Nearly 20% of Americans are Latino or Hispanic and they buy more movie tickets per capita. But a new report says just 7% of all lead characters in 2019's top-grossing films were Hispanic or Latino.

The obelisk has recovered from damage sustained during an earthquake that hit Washington, D.C., in 2011.

When it comes to reefer madness, nobody can top a group of traditional hunter-gatherers in the Congo Basin. About 70 percent of men smoke cannabis. The drug could be doing more than getting them high.

After 17 months without participating in high-stakes golf, Woods says he's thankful to be competing at all.

Vice President Harris will travel to United Arab Emirates this week for the annual international climate meeting, the White House has announced.

More than 150,000 U.S., British and Canadian troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. A small handful told NPR about their experience.

Michigan photographer Nic Antaya started a documenting Ishpeming Ski Club to understand how it has birthed a handful of Olympic athletes and its culture.