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TDEC and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers order CSX to stop mining rock from the Nolichucky River for railroad repairs. Plus, a special education teacher employed at Jefferson County Schools was arrested and charged for allegedly striking a 7-year-old student in the head.

New musical Knoxville opens at the Clarence Brown Theatre, Knox County school board approves first-ever AI policy, and more. Correction: An earlier version of this podcast incorrectly addressed Josh Rhodes, the director and choreographer of 'Knoxville', as James Rhodes.

Bob Clark plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

Climate change hasn’t recently been a Republican priority. But some young conservatives are hoping to change the narrative within their party.

Dig below the strata of pop songs so ubiquitous you can't stand to hear them anymore, and you'll find plenty of riches in the Top 40, from country crossover to innovative R&B and classic pop.

Tennis's top-ranked Swiatek beat Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the final at Roland Garros. Swiatek's unbeaten run of 35 matches equals one by Venus Williams in 2000 as the longest this century.

Toni Morrison's 1987 work Beloved is the best American novel of the past quarter-century. That's according to a vote of writers and critics who were invited to weigh in with their choices by The New York Times Book Review.

The pair led the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6 , 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The Tiny Desk series producer shares his favorite records of the year.