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Sporting a plastic cigar in his mouth, Danny Barker leads the Onward Brass Band in a parade at the 1974 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

The Life Of Danny Barker, Who Saw Jazz As 'A Ride On A Royal Camel'

Barker played with everyone from Billie Holliday to Cab Calloway to Jelly Roll Morton. Scott Simon speaks with Music Inside Out host Gwen Thompkins about the late banjo player and guitarist's legacy.

Minnesota Vikings players bring down Washington wide receiver Art Monk during an NFL game in 1992. Monk was one of the lead plaintiffs in the $1 billion settlement with the NFL over brain injuries among former players.

Supreme Court Rejects Challenges To NFL Concussion Settlement

The court's decision regarding the estimated $1 billion settlement paves the way for the start of payouts to more than 20,000 former players over a degenerative brain disease.

U.S. intelligence agencies charge that operatives with ties to Russia and Vladimir Putin's (above) administration hacked private Clinton and Democratic National Committee emails during the presidential election and released them via WikiLeaks.

Why FBI And CIA Could Differ About Motive For Russian Election Hacks

Current and former national security officials say the apparent disagreement about the intent of Russian hacks before the U.S. presidential election is unusual in a matter of such national import.

Seaweed farms like this one on Nusa Lembongan Island, in Indonesia, are the main sources of carrageenan.

Carrageenan Backlash: Food Firms Are Ousting A Popular Additive

Food manufacturers are under pressure to replace carrageenan, an ingredient that's widely used in products — from protein drinks to sliced deli meat. The organic industry just moved to ban it.

Flu shots are recommended for all pregnant women.

Flu Vaccine During Pregnancy Not Linked To Autism

Neither getting the flu nor getting a flu shot appears to increase the risk of autism in children, a study finds. The shots are recommended because the flu poses health risks to mother and fetus.

Community Calendar for November 28th

Here’s your community calendar for Monday, November 28th. I’m Steve Cole. The Community Calendar is underwritten by the Mount Sopris Rotary Club, meeting…

Local Newscast: Trustees Ben Bohmfalk & Marty Silverstein Talk Board Vacancy

KDNK's Local Newscast airs weekday mornings at 6:41 and 7:41 during Morning Edition.What’s next for Hunter S. Thompson’s Owl Farm in Woody Creek? The…

Investigators say lives could have been saved in this 2015 crash in Philadelphia if positive train control had been in place.

Feds: Railroads Make Slow Progress On Revolutionary Braking System

The Federal Railroad Administration says many railroads are behind schedule in installing technology that could prevent crashes. It would slow or stop a train if the human operator failed to do so.

Texas, Oklahoma Divided Over How To Handle Earthquakes Linked To Oil Drilling

Oklahoma and Texas have been experiencing a rash of human-caused earthquakes. It happens when oil and gas wastewater gets pumped underground in the wrong places and disrupts faults. Oklahoma officials have cracked down on wastewater injection; Texas is apparently uninterested in doing much. That could mean a lot more quakes given that the country's biggest oil reservoir has just been discovered in west Texas.

Flathead Lake in Montana's Flathead Valley is fed by the glaciers in Glacier National Park. Here in rural northwest Montana, there is postelection unease in some communities about far-right extremist views entering the mainstream.

In Montana, An Unease Over Extremist Views Moving Out Of The Woods

The remote woods of the Northwest have long been a haven for far-right extremists. After Donald Trump's election, some in communities here worry about extremists entering the mainstream.

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