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Brett Mitchell has spent four seasons with the Cleveland Orchestra, initially as assistant and then associate conductor. He also is music director of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra (COYO). The Seattle native has led dozens of orchestra performances in Severance Hall, Blossom Music Center, on tour, concerts in the community, film music programs and the popular holiday concert series. But arguably his most important role during this time has been as mentor to student musicians.

There are special elections this week to fill seats left open by President Trump's cabinet picks. One is in Georgia, the other is in Kansas, and they've become expressions of anger from Democrats.

For some perspective, Steve Inskeep talks to Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council and author of the new book on Iran and the U.S. called: Losing an Enemy.

The musicians who live in countries along the Nile rarely got to meet — until the Nile Project came along. Now they learn from each other, make records together and are currently touring the U.S.

Sixty-six university presidents took home more than $1 million in 2015, according to a new analysis by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The video raises a central question, given that much of the area is under a mandatory evacuation order and curfew: Who's going to get that mail?

House Democratic leaders called the extension a "moral imperative" to prevent Americans from being put out of their homes during a COVID-19 surge. Some 3.6 billion Americans are at risk of eviction.

Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others are competing to be the main landlords of the cloud. Their terms and prices could control who gets to build what on the Internet, and for how much.

Germany reportedly offered to build $1 billion worth of infrastructure to import American gas if the U.S. lifts sanctions on a controversial pipeline that would carry Russian gas to Germany.

While the furloughed employees are likely to get back pay, a sandwich shop is not going to get paid for a sandwich not eaten.