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For me this has been a lousy week. Executions, the UN, teenagers bullied to death. And its only Thursday! I turn to music for comfort. Here are a few of…

The world of opera has known many good tenors. Precious few, however, have made it to the ranks of the great. For some Friday fun, I bring you two truly…

They range from the divine (Meryl Streep) to the edgy (Sonny Rollins.) Every year the performing arts get a party in Washington D.C. It's good to be…

Above: The now-famous Tiptree Sneeze, in a performance by the London Central Fellowship Band of the Salvation Amy - one of ClassicFM's 6 Best Classical…

Well, it's just one of those things I noticed on a Friday afternoon. Nora The Piano Cat not only has her own YouTube videos of herself playing, but now a…

Adam Cohen's new book tells the story of the 1927 Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell. The ruling permitted the state of Virginia to sterilize an "imbecile" — a scientific term of the day.

A growing number of states are passing laws banning abortion in the early stages of pregnancy in hopes of rolling back Roe v. Wade.

2021 brought an introduction of a Texas-style abortion ban, a bill outlawing the procedure if Roe v. Wade is overturned, local ordinances, stays by judges, and new lawsuits.

Data was released briefly, then rescinded. As NPR reported previously, there is already strong evidence pointing to these animals in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan.

The 2008 presidential race was the first in the post-YouTube era. Candidates tried all kinds of things to break through, including former Sen. Mike Gravel simply throwing a rock in water.