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Soprano Benita Valente has retired from singing, though at 75, she's still remarkably active behind the scenes as an educator, organizer and fundraiser. She may not be the world's most famous singer, but a selection of her recordings leads off a new series on Bridge Records called Great Singers of the 20th Century. Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz agrees with the title.

The group Bridge Forward says now that funding concerns are a lot lighter, it's time to consider their alternative design.

New Zealand lawmakers will vote on whether to lower the national voting age to 16 after the country's Supreme Court ruled that not allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age discrimination.

The pooch was left on the side of I-75, with a third of his body submerged in water, just hours before Hurricane Milton made landfall. A rescue organization said the dog was stressed but recovering.

Requests on the primary ballot for library levies fared well in Northeast Ohio. Every renewal passed, and Akron-Summit County Public Library's capital levy also passed, according to unofficial election results.

Longtime NPR correspondent Ina Jaffe has died. She was 75 years old, and had been living with cancer for the past few years.

Mernissi, a Moroccan sociologist whose books include Beyond the Veil, Islam and Democracy and Dreams of Trespass, died in Morocco on Nov. 30. She was 75. Originally broadcast in 1993.

A 15-minute call with J&J executives on a Sunday afternoon stretched into a 75-minute turning point. "We have to take bold action and overwhelm this," a senior official said.

A federal advisory committee voted to put adults 75 and older and frontline essential workers next in line for COVID-19 vaccines.

The costs for cleaning up, engineering, repairing, testing and otherwise getting the Brent Spence I-71/75 bridge back open is expected to be under $12...