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Need some new music this weekend? May @nprmusic humbly suggest: the new Avett Brothers album? Or Danny Brown's? Or any of these other five picks?https://n.pr/2OvC2Of 

Here are the Democratic presidential candidates who led in third-quarter fundraising: Sanders: $25.3 million Warren: $24.6 million Buttigieg: $19.1 million Biden: $15.2 million Harris: $11.6 millionhttps://n.pr/2o6x13Q 

Legendary actress, singer and style icon Diahann Carroll died on Friday at her home in Los Angeles, after a long bout with cancer. She was 84.https://n.pr/2OiNlJc 

Next year was supposed to be the end of Guinea worms. But this week, the World Health Organization quietly revealed that its expected eradication date has been pushed back a decade to 2030 — in part because dogs in Africa are getting infected.https://n.pr/2Inh1Bp 

A new trial has been set for the man charged in connection with an Oakland warehouse fire that killed 36 people during a concert in 2016.https://n.pr/2LMmDap 

Over 200 years ago, scholars glued the remains of an ancient scroll onto cardboard to preserve it. But it also had writing on the back. Now, scholars are using imaging technology to read it—and in the process have been able to read over 150 new words.https://n.pr/356S1bg 

Republicans are calling for a more coordinated and aggressive strategy to combat the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower fight after growing concern that the White House is not acting with enough urgency.https://n.pr/2VdUX13 

Ukraine's new top prosecutor announced a sweeping review of past corruption investigations, including cases that involve the Ukrainian gas firm that Hunter Biden once served on the board of. But he says he doesn't have any evidence of wrongdoing by Biden.https://n.pr/2LO6P6Y 

Penn State University is, in many ways, just like any small city. About 14,000 people live on campus. Roughly 65,000 people work or take classes there. And it has an ambitious goal. An 80% cut in greenhouse emissions by 2050.https://n.pr/2Ol1plI 

The Justice Department is asking that Facebook hold off on plans to fully encrypt its messaging services. Officials said the encryption would block their access to users' communications and hamper their "ability to stop criminals and abusers."https://n.pr/30RqTK9 

A defunct Catholic hospital in upstate New York left hundreds of workers without their pension fund. Now they're grappling with the loss. About 1 million workers and retirees from religious organizations lack federal protection over their pensions.https://n.pr/30Iwu5b 

Officials say 124 people have gotten sick in an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease — possibly after being exposed to bacteria in a hot tub display at a fair.https://n.pr/356ReqP 

Burisma Group, the Ukrainian energy company where Joe Biden's son once served on the board of directors, is in the spotlight after Trump pressured Ukraine to investigate Biden. Here's what you need to know https://n.pr/2pMqeN8 

Microsoft says a hacker group with ties to Iran has targeted a U.S. presidential campaign. A company spokesperson declined to name the campaign, citing privacy concerns.https://n.pr/2Ior8Wl 

Twenty years later, let's play the tunes of 1999.https://n.pr/2VfKrXq 

Denise Lajimodiere's interest in Indian boarding schools began with the stories of her parents. “Papa was beaten with a belt. ... Papa said, 'I just couldn't learn that language,' so they put lye soap in his mouth and and the kids would get blisters."https://n.pr/355FdC0 

Do rent control policies actually promote affordability or are they making housing shortages worse? @wamu885 looks at how the issue is affecting tenants in the nation's capital.https://n.pr/2ohb7L3