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Alongside the huge names and star veterans, the 2013 Newport Folk Festival features an impressive slate of boundary-pushers and genre-eschewers. Here are five of the newest and most promising faces, with a downloadable song from each.

The nation's doctors are being enlisted in a new fight: reclaiming children's right to play. A research paper urges pediatricians to prescribe playtime.

Pelosi did not appear in court for his sentencing, as it is not required by California law, unless mandated by a judge.

Examine the state of LGBTQIA+ rights and the debate over gender affirming medical care and will look for ways calm the debate.

NASA lost track of a bag that was used to carry samples during the first moon landing. A woman in Illinois bought the artifact for less than $1,000; on Thursday, it was sold for $1.5 million.

Merrick Garland delivered a commencement address Wednesday at a Washington, D.C., elementary school where he has been a tutor for nearly two decades.

Before the pandemic, the number of families lacking consistent access to enough food had been steadily falling. Today, new estimates point to some of the worst rates of food insecurity in years.

Saudi Arabia is seeking the death penalty for five suspects in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The Washington Post contributor was last seen walking into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

Manatees at the Cincinanti and Columbus zoos are back in Florida in preparation for returning to their native waters.

The Planet Money newsletter rounds up some new economics studies.