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<p> The Houston Symphony and conductor Hans Graf presented an all-Shostakovich evening for their evening at the Spring for Music festival at Carnegie Hal on May 7, 2012. They played two rarely heard works in powerful performances: the bitingly satirical <em>Anti-Formalist Rayok</em>, with soloist Mikhail Svetlov (pictured), as well as the gargantuan Symphony No. 11. </p><p></p>

Spring For Music: The Houston Symphony's Subversive, Sardonic Shostakovich

The Houston Symphony brings a biting all-Shostakovich program to Carnegie Hall for the Spring for Music festival — including the very rarely heard satirical cantata The Anti-Formalist Rayok.

K.J. Adams #24, Remy Martin #11, Ochai Agbaji #30, and Christian Braun #2 of the Kansas Jayhawks celebrate after defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels 72-69 during the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament National Championship in New Orleans.

Kansas uses its historic rally to claim a fourth men's NCAA basketball title

The Jayhawks break a 59-year-old record in staging the greatest comeback in NCAA title game history.

Abortion rights advocates gather outside the Oklahoma Capitol on Tuesday in Oklahoma City to protest several anti-abortion bills being considered by the GOP-led Legislature.

With little discussion, Oklahoma passes a bill to make most abortions illegal

The state's Republican-controlled House gives final legislative approval to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison.

Francisco González, a founding member of Los Lobos, playing the Mexican harp

Los Lobos founding member Francisco González has died at 68

Francisco González, a founding member of Los Lobos, has died at 68. González left the band in 1976 to continue playing acoustic Mexican folk music, and became a master of Veracruz harp.

Peaches ripen on a branch at Chappell Farms orchard in Kline, S.C. in July 0f 2013.

Here's why most of us love the smell of vanilla and peaches and not sweaty feet

Researchers found that most people share similar preferences when it comes to smell, and it has little to do with their cultural background.

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb files a motion with a court clerk to begin the process of expunging minor misdemeanor marijuana records.

Cleveland moves to expunge 4,000 low-level marijuana records

Mayor Justin Bibb, City Prosecutor Aqueelah Jordan and Law Director Mark Griffin joined Council President Blaine Griffin at the Justice Center on Wednesday to file the motions to expunge.

Firefighters battle a blaze after a civilian building was hit by a Russian missile on Monday in Lviv, Ukraine. Ukrainian officials said at least seven people were killed and more were wounded in missile strikes in different areas of the city.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 18)

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Pro-union pins sit on a table during a watch party for Starbucks' employees union election, Dec. 9, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board said Thursday, April 7, she will ask the board to rule that mandatory meetings some companies hold to persuade their workers reject unions is in violation of federal labor law.

Employees at a Starbucks store in Minnesota become the first in the state to unionize

Twenty Starbucks stores have now unionized. Around 220 Starbucks stores have sought elections, with more added every day.

Conservative member of Parliament Neil Parish speaks at a business breakfast on June 1, 2016. He says he will resign after admitting that he watched porn in the House of Commons.

British lawmaker Neil Parish resigning after watching porn in the House of Commons

The member of Parliament says he watched pornography twice in the House of Commons in a "moment of madness." The Conservative Party suspended him Friday over the allegations.

CNN+ head Andrew Morse speaks during the streaming service's launch event in New York City last month, just weeks before management made the decision to shut it down.

CNN+ will shut down a month after the streaming service's buzzy launch

Streaming service CNN+ is coming to an abrupt end on April 30, according to an internal memo. CNN+ had recruited top media talent before rolling out the platform late last month.

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