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Sarah Gerhardt is the first woman to ever surf Mavericks, the famously dangerous big-wave spot in northern California. Soon she will be part of the first women's heat in a surfing contest there.

With his brother Leonard, Chess championed iconic blues and rock 'n' roll artists like Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry and Etta James. He died Wednesday.

Lupita Tovar became a pioneer of Mexican cinema. Her career began in the silent film era. In 1931, she co-starred in Universal's Spanish-language version of Dracula.

Oscar Brand, host of WNYC's "Folksong Festival," died Friday at age 96. He hosted the program for 70 years, and he was also host of NPR's "Voices in the Wind." His show featured interviews with and songs by many of the greats of folk music.

A former employee at an Orlando-area awning company opened fire at his old workplace Monday morning, killing five people before turning the gun on himself. The incident comes almost a year after 49 people were killed at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Fla.

Hundreds of people had gathered around to try to collect oil after an oil tanker truck overturned and began leaking. Someone lighting a cigarette may have sparked the fire.

What’s really on the table for American health care with the new senate bill – the winners, the losers, the hard facts.

Dmitri Shostakovich's powerful Seventh Symphony was written during the devastating World War II siege of Leningrad. Hear Mariss Jansons lead the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

How having every kind of food year-round could one day – maybe now – imperil our food supply.

The Rev. Robert Schuller, host of the Sunday morning telecast, "Hour of Power," and founder of the Crystal Cathedral mega church in California, has died at 88.