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Cecilia Bartoli explores ideas of gender fluidity on her new album, devoted to music written for the great castrato singer Farinelli. Bartoli says that, like him, she's always transforming herself on stage.

Powerful Lungs And Long-Spun Lines: Cecilia Bartoli Conjures Farinelli

On her new album, the restless Italian opera star sings virtuoso music composed for Farinelli, the greatest of the baroque castratos.

Kim Shattuck, photographed during an event at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on Aug. 12, 2013.

Kim Shattuck, An Enduring Presence In L.A. Punk, Dead At 56

In addition to fronting The Muffs, The Pandoras and The Coolies, Shattuck lent her talents to a wide swath of some of L.A.'s most-beloved bands.

The Supreme Court will weigh in on a Louisiana abortion law that put restrictions on clinics that provide abortions.

Supreme Court Revisits Abortion With Louisiana Case

At issue is a Louisiana law that mirrors a Texas law the court struck down. What's different, however, is that Justice Anthony Kennedy, who cast the decisive fifth vote in the 2016 case, has retired.

Bosco Ntaganda, the former Congolese militia leader known as "Terminator," awaits his verdict Thursday in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. The warlord would ultimately be sentenced to 30 years in jail for war crimes in the early 2000s.

'Terminator' Of Congo, Bosco Ntaganda, Gets Historic 30-Year Sentence For War Crimes

The prison sentence is the longest ever doled out by the International Criminal Court, which earlier this year found the former warlord guilty of atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Behrouz Boochani, seen last year at the Australian detention center on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, where the Kurdish-Iranian asylum-seeker spent years seeking his freedom. On Thursday, the prize-winning author touched down in New Zealand on his way to a literary festival — free for the first time in six years.

'I Am Happy Because I Survived': Refugee Writer Is Free After Years In Detention

Behrouz Boochani won Australia's richest literary prize earlier this year — but the asylum-seeker, detained offshore, couldn't accept in person. Now, he has made it to New Zealand with a message.

Abortion protesters at the Ohio Statehouse.

Gov. DeWine Won't Say If He'd Sign Total Abortion Ban

A new bill that would ban abortions in Ohio has been introduced by Statehouse Republicans. A similar total ban bill was introduced last year didn’t pass.…

Reporter Darius Rafieyan gets his makeup done at a Sephora store in New York City. A growing number of American men are dabbling in cosmetics.

My Journey Into The World Of Men's Beauty

Makeup was once thought to be the exclusive realm of women, but more and more men are experimenting with cosmetics — and the industry is taking notice. A reporter gives it a try.

Connecticut State Police Detective Barbara J. Mattson holds a Bushmaster AR-15-style rifle, the same type of gun used in the Sandy Hook shooting, during a 2013 hearing in Hartford, Conn. The gun-maker Remington is being sued by the families of the victims.

Supreme Court Allows Sandy Hook Families' Case Against Remington Arms To Proceed

The gun-maker had appealed to the highest federal court after the Connecticut Supreme Court allowed the lawsuit over the 2012 school massacre in Newtown, Conn., to go forward in March.

Sierra Roberts and a coworker collaborate at the Ohio Mutual office space in Bucyrus, Ohio.

Insurance Internships Push Students To Think Beyond Ducks And Geckos

Sierra Roberts knew the jingles and taglines about insurance. It’s that thing you pay for now in case something goes wrong later. It’s those commercials…

Columbus Has Paid $5.4 Million To Settle Police-Related Lawsuits In Last Decade

In the last 10 years, Columbus City Council has approved almost $5.4 million in payments to settle 35 civil lawsuits related to the Division Of…

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