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Bigg Jus has been a legend in hip-hop music since the mid-1990s — just not in the mainstream. He's an "indie" rapper who's made his name in the genre's so-called underground, where artists cultivate a sound that's decidedly anti-commercial.

Ping Fu has spent decades envisioning new uses for computers. Now she thinks she's really on to something: a technology that can scan 3-D objects, re-creating them virtually — and in the real world.

A new formatting of credit scores has been created through a partnership among the three major credit-reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Evan Hendricks, publisher and editor of Privacy Times talks with Michele Norris about the new system.

In Buckhannon, W.Va., two-day hearings begin about the Sago Mine accident that killed 12 people on Jan. 2. Family members of the dead miners gave statements, and company officials presented their take on the accident, as well.

In Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez moves to tighten control of the country's oil reserves at a time when oil is at record levels and no slackening of prices is in sight. Analysts say the result is that Chavez is rewriting the rules of oil investment, forcing huge companies to share ownership and profits with the Venezuelan government.

Canadian folk singer-songwriter Lynn Miles has never been afraid to explore the darker sides of her own life, and the result is a bittersweet collection of tunes for her latest CD, Love Sweet Love.

Law enforcement officials in Mississippi may bring new charges in the case of Emmett Till, a black teenager murdered more than 50 years ago. The decision is up to a black woman whose generation was profoundly changed by Till's gruesome, racially charged death.

As illegal immigrants challenge the tough words on Capitol Hill, many established leaders of minority organizations are being left in the dust, trying to figure out where the new movement -- if in fact it is a "movement" -- is headed.

Stephen Walter was sentenced on Monday. He is one of three men indicted in connection with supplying the fentanyl-laced pills that contributed to the rapper's accidental overdose in 2018.

New research suggests that lack of sleep and environmental toxins are just as likely to cause obesity as eating fast food or failing to exercise. Dr. Sydney Spiesel, a Yale Medical School professor and a contributor to Slate, talks with Madeleine Brand about new research that lists other possible causes of obesity.