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In our new feature about songs that conjure up chilly days and frigid nights, novelist Ann Patchett talks about a song that helped her cope with her parents' divorce, and with moving to a strange new place.

Veloso is consistently one of the most literate and beguiling forces in music. To see him in person is to see a sinuous, warm and joyous show in which his vocals are backed by a young and edgy band. His new album is titled Zii E Zie.

The African singer says his new record 40 Degrees of Sunshine draws from Afrobeat, French pop and transcendentalist poetry. He says his tour of the U.S. is a bit of a homecoming for him.

NASA is sending an uncrewed spacecraft to circle the moon and return to Earth. It's set to launch Monday, despite thunderstorms over the weekend.

Judge Jennifer Bauknecht sentenced Clifford Brewer, 55, to three life terms plus 20 years for use of a firearm during the crime. Under Illinois law, life in prison is mandatory in cases involving the death of multiple people.

"For Toast, the cat, who was no help at all," reads the dedication page of researcher Jonathan Saha's book, Colonizing Animals. A picture of the page went viral on Twitter.

The Scottish actor played gentle half-giant Hagrid, a mentor to the boy wizard, in all eight Harry Potter films, released between 2001 and 2011. Coltrane died Friday at a hospital in Scotland.

AMC Entertainment plans to roll out new ticket prices based on where you sit in the movie theater. Some consumers aren't happy about it.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the life Joseph Kromelis, Chicago's famous "Walking Man", and the harsh conditions that many unhoused people live with every day.

Brazilian pop star Gal Costa died Thursday at age 77. She was one of the key figures in the Tropicalia movement of the 1960s.