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When the House Foreign Relations Committee approved a measure that would officially declare the deaths of as many as 1.5 million Armenians in the early 19th century genocide, it revived a political debate.

Six of the South’s native creators take us home to the places that define their work.

When a child is accused of murder, Will is the only one able to reach him.

A rare, winter storm changes Death Valley National Park into a photographer’s dream.

The team investigates the murder of a former children's home resident.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro plays the puzzle with Ben Blackman from San Francisco and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

A new book argues that education aid, when done badly, can bring the opposite of peace.

The Puerto Rican-born composer draws from ambient music, found sound and visual art, as well as the classical-music tradition. Watch her perform in Q2 Music's video series Spaces.

Avenue Q, an adult musical featuring naughty puppets, wins the prize for best new musical at Sunday night's Tony Awards. In a major upset, Idina Menzel -- who plays the green-skinned Elphaba in Wicked, a retelling of the Wizard of Oz -- wins in the toughest race of the night, best actress in a musical. Phylicia Rashad becomes the first African American to win best actress in a play for her role in a A Raisin in the Sun. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The composer's music strives to reconcile a fascination with the past with a stylish, pointillist craftsmanship. He says he takes the same care in surrounding himself with objects he loves.