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In 2017, three members of Ranky Tanky, a band that takes inspiration from the Gullah people, performed songs from their self-titled debut album. The band's new album is Good Time.

Severe frostbite claimed Xia Boyu's feet during his first failed attempt in 1975. Then, lymphoma claimed his legs beneath the knee. Still, Xia kept trying — and on Monday, he finally reached the top.

People in the publishing business described this week as a trifecta: It began with the release on Monday of the new Ted Kennedy autobiography and ends Friday with Oprah's announcement of her latest book club pick. In between, Dan Brown's new book The Lost Symbol hit the stores.

Almost two days after Sunday's vote, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro finally made his first statement about the election but did not concede that he lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

To mark the debut of the biopic RESPECT, we listen back to archival interviews with Aretha, as well as with Jerry Wexler, producer of the hit "Respect," and Dan Penn, who co-wrote "Do Right Woman."

The Trump administration's transition officials ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to cut its presence at the event. The team cited travel costs in explaining the abrupt move.

The race is on to find a new speaker of the House. A record number of migrants are dying trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. Pakistan orders undocumented migrants to leave by Nov. 1.

Small regional banks face pressure after two such institutions failed. A Texas federal judge hears arguments over a key abortion drug. Major storms wreak havoc on both U.S. coasts.

The 2004 New Yorker Festival begins next weekend -- NPR's Scott Simon talks to actors Stanley Tucci and Cynthia Nixon, both panelists on a festival session entitled "The Method: Acting Onstage and Onscreen."

Oregon state house reporters give us the lay of the land on this first day of the 2017 legislative session. We hear how Oregon farmers may be affected by changing immigration policy. And a new study offers a unique approach to managing sea lions.