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When the coronavirus hit Dover, N.H., sending students home, special education teacher Matt LeBlanc decided to run a marathon in his backyard to raise spirits and some cash for his local food bank.

Brazilians head to the polls Sunday to vote in a presidential election that is testing the world's fourth-largest democracy and could have a critical impact on the fight against climate change.

The PROTOTYPE festival, now in its 10th year, presents new operas and music-theater works in smaller settings. "We were trying to create a black box opera movement," says co-founder Beth Morrison.

The turbulent 2024 campaign has reached its end. Here are some things to keep in mind throughout Election Day and beyond.

The memorial — constructed around parts salvaged from the USS Cincinnati submarine — has been in the works for more than 20 years.

The Dow Jones benchmark started Monday's session above 16,459 and fell more than 1,000 points before closing at 15,871. The index lost about 3.6 percent of its value.

Jacob Yandura, composer of the 2023 Broadway musical How to Dance in Ohio, talks about growing up in Columbus, supporting Ohio's autistic community, and celebrating Pride as a gay man.

The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.

Scott Simon is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First.

Gimble, who died Saturday at the age of 88, spent years playing fiddle with the Texas Playboys. He was regarded by critics as one of the best to ever pick up a bow. Originally broadcast April 9, 2010.