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Jay North, who starred as the towheaded mischief maker on TV's Dennis the Menace for four seasons starting in 1959, has died. He was 73.

The Feeling of Jazz, Program No. 464 airing July 31, 2022 featured the Jazz Giants playing the compositions of Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; Yiddish: ישראל ביילין; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989), in music presented by co-host Kent Lindquist. Meanwhile, co-host Al Corns featured other main stream jazz artists like Paul Desmond, Gerry Mulligan, Annie Ross and more. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.

The Feeling of Jazz, program # 156 airing July 10, 2022 (a reprise from 01-05-2014) featured a spotlight on American jazz hard bop pianist, composer and arranger Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) in music presented by Kent Lindquist. Meanwhile, co-host Bill Satterlee presented mainstream jazz music from artists like Benny Carter, Jimmy Giuffre, Scott Hamilton and more. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.

The Feeling of Jazz, program # 248 airing October 9, 2022 (original airdate April 17, 2016) featured Cy Touff, Sandy Mosse, Zoot Sims, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and more in music presented by Bill Satterlee, while co-host Kent Lindquist took the week off. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.

A drill during a shift change included the words "This is not a drill," a Federal Communications Commission report finds. According to reports, the worker has been fired and two officials have quit.

You can still enter the Tiny Desk Contest for a few more weeks, but here are some entries that have caught the eyes — and ears — of NPR Music already.

The Feeling of Jazz, program # 152 airing March 27, 2022 (a reprise from 11-24-2013) featured a second spotlight on American jazz guitarist Kenneth Earl "Kenny" Burrell (born July 31, 1931) in music presented by Kent Lindquist, while Bill Satterlee featured artists like Joey Defrancesco, The Jazz Masters, Benny Carter and more. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.

The Feeling of Jazz, program # 155 airing June 19, 2022 (a reprise from 12-15-2013) featured a spotlight on American jazz hard bop pianist, composer and arranger Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) in music presented by Kent Lindquist. Meanwhile, co-host Bill Satterlee presented mainstream jazz music from artists like Phil Woods, Ahmad Jamal, Jack McDuff and more. Engineered by Dave Woodworth.

Facebook, Spotify and YouTube have dropped conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Twitter has not. NPR's Lakshmi Singh talks to Recode editor Kara Swisher and former Microsoft executive Mark Penn.

TikTok's top executive will have to defend the app against allegations it shares U.S. users data with the Chinese government at a Thursday hearing, as the government weighs limiting or banning it.