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"A city of 8.6 million people — not a single shooting for three days," Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday. The NYPD says it has been focusing on preventing retaliatory violence.

The brackets for the men's and women's NCAA Division I college basketball tournaments are set, and the first game of March Madness begins on Tuesday.

This year's contest to be Kentucky's top elections officer pits incumbent GOP Secretary of State Michael Adams against former Democratic state Rep. Buddy Wheatley.The office is tasked with overseeing and administering elections, and is the state's top business official and keeper of corporate records.Secretaries of state across the country have been thrust into the spotlight in recent years after former President Donald Trump's false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.

Host Michel Martin has been checking in with two former speechwriters throughout the election season to sort through the rhetoric, and find out what messages struck a chord with voters. She reviews campaign messaging, and Tuesday night's victory and concession speeches with former presidential speechwriters Mary Kate Cary and Paul Orzulak.

Diagnoses of autism are on the rise, and one result has been the start of high-profile campaigns to raise money for research. Another trend has been far less noticed: an increase in self-advocacy groups that aren't pushing for a cure, but acceptance.

Gimble, who died Saturday at the age of 88, spent years playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys. He was regarded by critics as one of the best to ever pick up a bow. Originally broadcast April 9, 2010.

Swift's previous albums focused on the love she yearned for. The dozen songs on her latest release combine to form a picture of true love found, tested and proven strong.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with writer Arthur Brooks about his new book about happiness, From Strength to Strength.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with CeCe Winans, the best-selling female gospel artist in history, about her Tiny Desk performance and Black Music Month.

In John Sandford's new thriller Broken Prey, middle-aged Minneapolis police officer Lucas Davenport takes time out from crime-solving to compile a list of the top 100 rock songs for a road trip.