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Five years ago, the death of Baltimore resident Freddie Gray in police custody sparked civil unrest. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with West Baltimore community organizer Ray Kelly.

Five years after Hurricane Sandy, residents of a coastal Staten Island neighborhood are selling their homes to the state, leaving behind barren and decrepit land.

Using a questionnaire, a musical consulting company assembles a mix of songs from artists it predicts clients will like. Jennifer Ludden tried it out and received a CD with 16 songs. She talks to audiostiles.com co-founder Jeremy Abrams about how the choices are made.

Worriers' Lauren Denitzio has signed to SideOneDummy for a new album due out this fall. Hear a fuzzy and forlorn new single from the punk band.

Two arrests have been made after assailants on a moped carried out the attacks over 90 minutes in east London late Thursday, police say.

Eyewitness Pam Schneider from Bismarck, N.D., thought she heard fireworks when the shooting began in Las Vegas. It was a strange sound, she says, and then she realized it was gunfire.

A 5-year-old in Mississippi called 911 because he was worried that the Grinch would steal Christmas. Police showed up to assure him that wasn't going to happen.

A new cellphone service called Dodgeball helps people meet up with their friends on the fly, via mobile phone. The free service has more in common with social software that originally started on the Internet than traditional phone-company offerings. Ben Gilbert reports.

All nine seasons of the classic sitcom Seinfeld debut on Netflix this week. But some aspects of the show might not work for modern audiences.

Parents react to the recent Food and Drug Administrations emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine, which allows children ages 5-11 to receive the vaccine.