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La Maestra, held in Paris this September, is the first fully realized competition solely for women conductors — an effort to help balance a male-dominated field.

This week, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg donated nearly $16 million to a fund that is paying fines and court fees of felons in Florida so they can vote in the upcoming election.

The European Union and British government have announced a last-minute trade deal to avert a chaotic economic breakup when the United Kingdom's Brexit transition ends.

Despite the pandemic — or maybe because of it — new businesses are starting at record rates.

The Trump administration says it wants to close a "loophole" that allows states to give benefits to those who would not otherwise be eligible by raising or eliminating income and asset limits.

Turkish troops invaded northern Syria after the U.S. moved troops out of their way. Turkey says it might move more than a million Syrians back over the border into the "safe zone" it's creating.

About half of states allow citizen initiatives. Deadlines are looming in Massachusetts, but it's among the states that allow paid signature gatherers, who can get initiatives over the finish line.

The cable channel Freeform will air a humanizing, emotional reboot of the '90s drama Party of Five. It's centered on a Latinx family of five siblings whose parents are deported to Mexico.

The U.S. economy continued to grow in 2019 despite the trade war with China. Unemployment remains at historic lows, wages are up and the stock market soared. Trade agreements reached at year's end brightened forecasts for 2020.

The State Department is negotiating with Laos to deport thousands of Hmong who broke the law in the U.S. — even if they've already served their time.