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1 day ago | npr.org | Jaclyn Diaz

President Trump signed a proclamation this week suspending visas for new students from overseas who planned to attend Harvard University in the fall -- a move that a judge quickly blocked for the time being. It's a dramatic escalation of the conflict between the White House and the country's oldest and most elite school. The White House says it's taking these actions due to national security, crime and civil rights concerns.

1 day ago | npr.org | Marcheta Fornoff

The acoustic piano was once a fixture in middle class homes. That's not the case anymore. With the popularity of electronic keyboards and music software, who is in the market for acoustic pianos?

2 days ago | npr.org | Erika Beras

3 days ago | npr.org | Stephen Kallao

Drive-by Truckers co-founder Patterson Hood has childhood stories, and we don't mean the kind of stories that you politely nod your head to until the other person is done talking. Hood's childhood is filled with beguiling tales, from uncouth family parties to exploding trees and blazing Southern plantations. Hood, who started writing songs in 1973 as a kid, had lately found himself revisiting his past, so he decided to explore what he says was a "very weird" childhood.

3 days ago | npr.org | Corrinne Hess

People in many parts of the Midwest have been dealing with smoke from Canadian wildfires all week. Wisconsin had the worst air quality in the country Wednesday. NPR checks in on people in Milwaukee.