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Global human rights activists are pressuring the president of the Philippines about his on-going war on illegal drugs, which they say amounts to "crimes against humanity."

In more than three decades composing new music, Richard Jordan Smoot has seen contemporary music embrace every possible mode of expression and medium of…

More than 5 million Venezuelans have fled their country, many of them to neighboring Colombia, whose president is winning praise for his open-door policy toward Venezuelans.

Welcome to Kathmandu — or, as some call it, Trashmandu. Even in the best of times, rubbish piles up everywhere. Now things have gotten worse.

Will the ceasefire in Yemen hold?

This week marks the end of RhythmFest and the performance of the much anticipated California Mavericks.Since the Johnstone Fund for New Music and New…

There’s a lot to like about the holidays – good food, gift-giving (and receiving!), time spent with friends and cherished family traditions. But one of…

Calling themselves the "Vax'n 8," a group of doctors in Vacaville, Calif., recorded a cover of "My Shot" from the musical Hamilton to promote vaccine confidence.

Winter has been unusual this year, with unseasonably warm weather. Many believe it is due in part to El Nino. Coming up, what an El Nino is and why the…

In 1789 the debate over the new constitution, which had raged for years, was finally drawing to a close. James Madison was hard at work, along with his…