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Singer-songwriter Amos Lee grew up around Philadelphia, but the former teacher and bartender's music sounds more like he came from a background of porch swings and wide-open spaces.

The 1951 movie The Day the Earth Stood Still was amplified with the help of composer Bernard Herrmann's eerie score. Now the sounds reverberate anew in the video game "Destroy All Humans." Garry Schyman, who composed the music for the game, tells Liane Hansen about it.

Hau Thai-Tang was a young boy living in Vietnam when he saw his first Ford Mustang. He fell in love with the car -- and its American image. Now he's in charge of designing the latest version of the classic pony car.

Satellites allow hundreds of channels to choose from all across the Arabic-speaking world -- and some entertainment programs are posing a real challenge to conservative Islamic traditions.

Drawn by huge demand for workers after Hurricane Katrina, Latinos have come from Texas, Florida and Mexico. Some local residents say they've lost jobs to lower-wage, Spanish-speaking laborers.

The Republican Convention begins with speeches extolling President Bush's leadership on foreign policy, particularly after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Sen. John McCain and Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani argued for the war in Iraq and against Sen. John Kerry, respectively.

Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl offers some summer reading recommendations, with the proviso that they're not exactly literature. Hear Pearl and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Undercover Fremont police shot and killed Elena Mondragon in Northern California in March 2017. She was a passenger in a car at the time, according to a complaint filed by the family.

Three people from the Amtrak train were killed in addition to one person in the dump truck, authorities said.

The Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade has led more people to raise their voices in the abortion debate. This week, we hear differing views on abortion, including from those who have undergone the procedure.