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Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.

The use of an image of Trump on the 2026 pass — rather than the usual picture of nature — has sparked a backlash, sticker protests, and a lawsuit from a conservation group.

Minneapolis City Council identified the victim as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.

Ten of the prisoners were transferred to one of the most restrictive maximum-security prisons in the U.S., an infamous facility in Colorado nicknamed “the Alcatraz of the Rockies.”

The year-end speech will address his accomplishments so far and look ahead to next year.

A pivotal hearing arguing the Trump administration broke the law with its treatment of public media took place in Washington D.C. on Dec. 4.

For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity.

Dominion Voting Systems, the company at the center of false fraud claims about the 2020 election, has been acquired by an entity called Liberty Vote.

Education researchers warn budget proposals from the White House and House Republicans would impose steep cuts on some of the nation’s most vulnerable students and disadvantaged school communities.

A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be “virtually impossible” without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies.

Kirk had been on his way to Colorado after the Utah speech. He was to have been the featured speaker Thursday night in Woodland Park.

Known for his intellectual and illuminating touch on the podium, the refined conductor was also surprisingly outspoken when it came to politics and his peers.

On the new album “Woodland Songs,” Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate and the Dover Quartet collaborate on music with deep American roots.

In a new album, the youngest ever Van Cliburn winner puts his own stamp on Tchaikovsky’s undervalued set of piano pieces called “The Seasons”.

The push to rehire retired workers comes as the administration has also sought to downsize large swaths of the federal government through mass layoffs and other changes.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels federal money to public media stations, says it’s winding down operations after President Trump signed a law rescinding all funding.