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Temperatures are reaching into the 90s in Maine as the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S. bakes in unseasonably hot weather.

Rosie Thomas loves music but she also loves to make people laugh. She's found a way to do both. A serious singer-songwriter, Thomas occasionally takes to the stage as Sheila, a neck brace-wearing pizza delivery driver who is her comic alter-ego. NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Thomas about her career.

From cowboys on the dusty trail who sang to their cattle at night, to Roy Rogers, Gene Autry and other stars of the silver screen, the legend of the singing cowboy is part of the American landscape. NPR's Bob Edwards interviews Douglas B. Green, author of Singing in the Saddle.

Online voting for the fattest bear at Katmai National Park is on, as the chunks race to get big before hibernation.

We are remembering some of the 800,000 people who died in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic. Florinda Flores, 85, a beloved grandmother in Roswell, N.M., died earlier this year.

All Things Considered host Robert Siegel interviewed Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman in New Hampshire. Huntsman points out how he differs with the other GOP candidates. The full interview will air on ATC Monday.

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro speaks with Kyle DeWoody, who is curating the new exhibit of well-known artists' childhood work at the Underground Museum in Los Angeles.

Seoul's mayor was found dead in a park Friday. A fierce debate has erupted in South Korean capital about how to view the mayor and his death after allegations of sexual harassment against him emerged.

The American Library Association handed out nearly two dozen awards for kids' books this week. We look at some of the winners.

Mary Ostendorf and her spouse, Leslye Huff, remember coming out to their family on Thanksgiving Day, 1983.