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In her U.S. debut as Don Giovanni, Lucia Lucas became the first known trans woman to sing a principal role on an American opera stage.

When schools closed last spring, children with severe mental illnesses were cut off from the services they'd come to rely on. Many have since spiraled into emergency rooms and even police custody.

California's redistricting plan to counter the new map President Trump requested in Texas has passed all legislative hurdles and is headed to voters on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Un grupo de docentes y miembros de la comunidad, junto con los hijos de Anthony Pizzo, la personalidad histórica que da nombre a la escuela, se están movilizando para mantener abierto el plantel de educación básica y media.

Syria's president is coming to the White House on Monday, Nov. 10.

The arts advocacy group Americans for the Arts responded to criticism that it's been a roadblock to inclusion by agreeing its efforts "have not been enough."

A record number of Americans are traveling for this holiday, according to projections from AAA.

A few weeks ago, Britain was furious with the U.S. over the Afghanistan pullout. In his Tuesday White House visit, Johnson hopes to build momentum ahead of November's U.N. climate summit in Glasgow.

In the late 1870s, Lebanese immigrants began arriving in the Mississippi Delta, working first as peddlers, then grocers and restaurateurs. Kibbe, a meatloaf of sorts, is part of the glue that continues to hold the Lebanese family culture together in the Delta and beyond.

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber hit a milestone this past week. He's the first since Rodgers and Hammerstein to have four musicals running simultaneously on Broadway.

Fifteen new cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus were reported Friday in Florida, all tied to people who brought the disease into the state after...

France over the weekend banned smoking in public parks, on beaches and at bus stops in an effort to protect children.

Though the nation's unemployment rate fell to 3.8 percent in February, employers actually cut payrolls by a net 63,000 jobs. The rate fell because so many people decided to stop looking for work — a new sign of weakness in the economy.

The State Department said it would start a pilot program that will require cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high overstay rates.

Is private philanthropy an option to fill the gaps in funding for universities seeing federal funding threatened or frozen? NPR asks New York Times reporter Teddy Schleifer.

President Biden was in Puerto Rico on Monday to assess damage from Hurricane Fiona. Biden landed in the southern city of Ponce, one of the hardest-hit communities.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in China, the final stop of her first Asian tour as America's top diplomat. Rice visited Japan and South Korea in the last two days; the focus of many of her discussions has been North Korea and its nuclear research.

Gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in two cities, according to the authorities.

Search teams and civilians picked through the remains of destroyed buildings in the country's third-largest city, Cali, passing large pieces of concrete and rubble down a long line of volunteers.

As bad as the reported numbers are, the actual toll is likely much worse. India's relentless virus surge is leading to deadly shortages of hospital beds, medical oxygen and drugs.

Millions of people enter the United States by avoiding inhabited areas, crossing fragile desert and mountain ecosystems. Often, they burn wood, leave trash and create trails. And pursuing them, the Border Patrol chews up the landscape with motorcycles, ATVs and SUVs.

Yes, there is a way to gracefully address that you've been walking around with spinach in your teeth. Here are tactics to quickly defuse your most embarrassing, cringe-inducing moments.

Although the economy has been growing since mid-2009, the pace has been too slow to absorb the nearly 14 million people without jobs. Today, 46 million Americans receive the federal government's help when buying food, which is roughly 15 percent of the population.

The Oscars are Sunday and we are here to help you get caught up! We've assembled details and coverage for the 14 films nominated in six major categories — all in one place.