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Southwest Airlines announced that it will drop the open seating model it's used since its founding more than 50 years ago. The airline is under pressure to boost profits.

The three soldiers killed in the drone strike in Jordan were all from Georgia. Communities there are mourning their deaths.

O'Hara observed people closely; she found the tics, the mannerisms, the specific beats of drunkenness and used them to open us up to her characters' frailty, their vulnerability, their humanity.

Turner had a larger-than-life personality, and used it to launch the country's first 24/7 all-news network.

Exactly one year ago this week singer-songwriter Warren Zevon was diagnosed with a rare and inoperable form of lung cancer. He has since finished an album called The Wind. Son Jordan Zevon, the album's executive producer, talks with NPR's Scott Simon.

A trove of documents, known as the Pandora Papers, have been leaked and reveal how the world's most powerful and wealthy hide huge sums of money overseas.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks to Texas musician Jana Horn about her debut folk album, "Optimism."

Wray faced a wide range of questions by House Judiciary Committee members, most framed as accusations that the FBI pursues a political agenda targeting conservatives.

Since Reconstruction, Virginia has elected only two African American Republicans to the legislature. This year, two young black men running against Democrats might change that.

When Syria's dictatorship fell, celebrations broke out around the world, including in Ohio, where Mohammed al-Refai, a refugee from Syria, lives now. NPR has followed his story for nearly a decade.