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Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Monday that she would appeal a judge’s ruling that struck down four new voting laws as unconstitutional.

Weekend Edition film music commentator Andy Trudeau speaks with NPR's Liane Hansen about the life's work of composer Jerry Goldsmith, who died this past Wednesday at the age of 75. Though he created hundreds of film scores and won an Oscar, Goldsmith never achieved the fame of some of his peers.

We have this remembrance of Brazilian singer Marília Mendonça, who died in a plane crash Friday at the age of 26.

A Smithsonian exhibit pays tribute to Celia Cruz, the Cuban-born "Queen of Salsa." It's a chance to relish her music and sift through relics of her colorful career, including examples of costumes that came in a rainbow of hues.

Members of the British punk band The Mekons have been making music together for about 30 years now. Though they started as contrarian rockers inspired by The Sex Pistols, their new album, Natural, is mostly acoustic.

McDonald's deal to block others from selling fries at the Olympics is giving some people heartburn. Hear more tonight on All Things Considered, and check out our Storify of what we're reading now.

On her latest album, the singer uses her powerful vocals to address big-picture issues like domestic violence and income inequality.

No historical fakery: Here's the real music of the Elizabethan era.

A $1.1 billion lottery prize will be on the line Friday night as numbers are drawn for the Mega Millions game. The last time someone hit the Mega Millions jackpot was April 15.

No one won an estimated $700 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, meaning the big prize will grow to an estimated $800 million for the next drawing, the fifth-largest in U.S. history.