
Geese: Tiny Desk Concert
The Brooklyn rock band focuses on the quieter moments of its whirlwind phenomenon, Getting Killed, and, as result, we get Geese in its purest form.

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Bad Bunny makes Puerto Rico the home team in a vivid Super Bowl halftime show
The star filled his set with hits and familiar images from home, but also expanded his lens to make an argument about the place of Puerto Rico within a larger American context.

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Beck, Asher White, Friko and more of the week’s best new songs
The Beck rarity “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” has officially hit streaming services and we can’t get enough of it.

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The complete list of 2026 Grammy winners and nominees
Kendrick Lamar won the most trophies of any artist, Bad Bunny made history by taking home the album of the year award and Olivia Dean won best new artist.

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As Venezuela’s future remains uncertain, its symphony orchestra reaches a new milestone
The Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra’s recording of Ravel’s Boléro is up for a Grammy nomination for best orchestral performance. The recognition comes at a turbulent moment for Venezuela, but the orchestra remains focused on the music.

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Denyce Graves sings her swan song on Met stage
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.

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National Park Service will void passes with stickers over Trump’s face
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.

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Woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis originally from Colorado
Minneapolis City Council identified the victim as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.


Biden stopped the executions of 37 men. Trump’s DOJ wants to punish them
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.”

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Trump to address the nation as his popularity dips in the face of economic concerns
The year-end speech will address his accomplishments so far and look ahead to next year.

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NPR, CPR and other Colorado public radio stations battle Trump’s defunding of public media
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.

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One of music’s best kept secrets celebrates 100 years, quietly
For a century, the tiny Coolidge Auditorium, at the Library of Congress, has been a wellspring of cultural integrity, innovative music and American ingenuity.

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Dominion, the Denver-based voting tech company at the center of false 2020 claims, is sold
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.

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What schools stand to lose in the battle over the next federal education budget
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.

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Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers’ pollution
A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be “virtually impossible” without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, including oil companies.

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Right-wing activist Charlie Kirk fatally shot during Utah college event
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.

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