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Liza Minnelli first sang "New York, New York," but Frank Sinatra really made it a big hit. NPR's Jeff Lunden spreads the news about the Kander & Ebb tune as part of the Present at the Creation series about American cultural icons.

Helen Levitt is considered "a photographer's photographer" -- little known by the public, but revered by fellow photographers. She has a new book of her photos documenting New York City street scenes, and talks about her life with All Things Considered co-host Melissa Block.

They turned the heads of American drivers for nearly four decades. In the latest segment of Present at the Creation, NPR explores the roots of the once-ubiquitous roadside Burma-Shave sign.

Robert Siegel visits once again with Jeremy Armstrong -- also known as inmate #342386 at the Green Bay Correctional Institution in Wisconsin. Robert first met Jeremy five years ago, before his trial. Jeremy was 15 years old when he was tried for murder. The judge sentenced him as an adult to 20 years in prison. Two years ago, Robert went back to Wisconsin to talk with Jeremy about prison life. Jeremy was then 18. Today, Robert talks with a 20-year-old Jeremy who's five months away from his first parole hearing. They talk about what's happened in prison and what he has learned over the past two years.

Over the past century, the Earth's surface has been getting hotter. Scientists had thought icy Antarctica was a part of that global warming trend, but two new studies show temperatures on the continent may be heading south. For Morning Edition, NPR's Richard Harris reports.

At the center of the war-torn city of Kandahar, Afghanistan is a shrine said to hold a cloak once worn by the Prophet Mohammed himself. NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on the symbolic power of Afghanistan's holiest Muslim site. worn by the Prophet Mohammed himself.

Ken Burns says his latest documentary is a "dual biography" of Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens, the real man behind the writer.

We look at the latest news out of Kyiv, from which Russian troops have pulled out, but the situation remains tense as an assault on eastern Ukraine is anticipated in the coming days.

Georgia officials now allow the sale and soon the cultivation of water spinach. It can be an invasive species if not controlled.

The Senate made history Thursday when it confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. After 233 years, she'll be the first Black woman to ever serve on the nations highest court.