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A shooting that injured three women in a hair salon this week may have been a hate crime and could be linked to two other recent shootings at businesses run by Asian Americans, Dallas police say.

Top U.S. military commanders are revising assessments of how soon U.S. troops can begin withdrawing from Iraq. Gen. George Casey said before a skeptical Senate Armed Services Committee that U.S. troops may be able to return home next year. But he also said there is currently just one Iraqi battalion capable of combat.

Hannah Einbinder is a comedian and actress who was nominated for an Emmy for her role in HBO's Hacks, so we've invited her on to answer three questions about questionable life hacks.

Across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, people in the town of Slidell, La., are struggling to deal with their own version of Katrina's devastation.

When a musical group needs a dobro guitar player, Jerry Douglas is the go-to guy. Douglas can be heard on some 1,500 recordings. Occasionally, he breaks out to make his own records. His latest is called The Best Kept Secret.

In the early 1980s, commentator Alexs Pate worked for a company called City Venture Corporation, which pooled big companies' resources to tackle inner-city poverty. It failed. Now, Pate says, it's time to try again to involve corporate America in the inner city. Pate is the author of the novel Amistad and is an assistant professor in African American and African Studies at the University of Minnesota.

A leaked draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. NPR wants to know what questions you may have for experts about abortion access and reproductive rights.

Tech guru Mario Armstrong talks about picking a cell phone or a new service provider. Armstrong covers technology for Baltimore-area NPR member stations WEAA and WYPR.

Hurricane Wilma has grown rapidly grew from a tropical storm with 70 mph winds to a Category Five hurricane, the most rapidly strengthening hurricane recorded. It's expected to weaken before possibly making landfall on Florida's west coast over the weekend. Christopher Landsay at the National Hurricane Center in Miami discusses Wilma.

For years, E.L. Doctorow thought that Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's destructive march to the sea near the end of the Civil War would make for a gripping work of fiction.

On his latest album, Bad Bunny opts for personal intimacy and cultural specificity.

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Ncuti Gatwa as the new Doctor, Florence + The Machine's new album, and more.