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Arts Jan 20

La Scala, Berlin Philharmonic conductor Claudio Abbado dies at 80

By Ellen Rolfes

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Conversation: ‘Caravaggio: a Life Sacred and Profane’

Conversation: Andrew Graham-Dixon, author of "Caravaggio: a Life Sacred and Profane."…

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Other News: Judge OKs Chrysler Dealer Closings

In other news, a bankruptcy judge approved the closing of 789 Chrysler dealership franchises, and on Wall Street, financial markets stayed relatively stable.

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A Treasure by Michelangelo-in-Training for Texas Museum

The man who painted the Sistine Chapel was actually young once, copying the works of other masters before he became one himself. The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, has just acquired a painting done by Michelangelo Buonarroti from…

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After Filing For Bankruptcy, Chrysler Faces Tough Road Ahead

Chrysler filed for federal bankruptcy protection Thursday and announced a new partnership with Italian automaker Fiat as part of a larger restructuring plan. Auto analysts assess the company's move and what it means for its workers.

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Read Mar 21 AP fact check: Trump takes credit for law named after McCain
Watch Mar 21 How Trump’s executive order on campus free speech could affect colleges
Read Mar 19 How to help cyclone victims in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe
Read Nov 06 Electoral College is ‘vestige’ of slavery, say some Constitutional scholars
Read Mar 21 Genetic research has a white bias, and it may be hurting everyone’s health

World Mar 21

Marines cut training to cover costs of hurricane damage, border mission

By Lolita Baldor, Associated Press

Nation Mar 21

Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump critics

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

Politics Mar 21

Cummings: Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s private emails, texts raise security concerns

By Chad Day, Jill Colvin, Associated Press

World Mar 21

U.S. abruptly endorses Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights in big shift

By Matthew Lee, Deb Riechmann, Associated Press

Across genetic studies, most research has been done with people of European descent. Researchers argue that leaving diversity out hurts everyone. Image by olly/via Adobe Stock

Science Mar 21

Genetic research has a white bias, and it may be hurting everyone’s health

By Vicky Stein

An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight from Los Angeles approaches for landing at Reagan National Airport shortly after an announcement was made by the FAA that the planes were being grounded by the United States over safety issues in Washington, U.S. March 13, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Nation Mar 21

Boeing to make safety feature standard on troubled 737 Max jets

By Elias Meseret, David Koenig, Associated Press

Nation Mar 21

Facebook says millions of passwords stored in readable format

By Barbara Ortutay, Frank Bajak, Associated Press

Phil Bryant, governor of Mississippi, speaks during an election night party for Republican U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in Jackson, Mississippi, on November 27, 2018. Bryant is set to sign a law that would ban abortions after a heartbeat can be detected. Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Reuters

Nation Mar 21

Mississippi governor to sign ‘heartbeat’ abortion law

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

President Donald Trump applauds as he takes the stage while touring the Lima Army Tank Plant (LATP) Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, the country's only remaining tank manufacturing plant, in Lima, Ohio, on March 20, 2019. Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters

Politics Mar 21

AP fact check: Trump takes credit for law named after McCain

By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press

Brazil's President Michel Temer reacts during a presentation ceremony for the Order of Medical Merit in Brasilia, Brazil, March 27, 2018. Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

World Mar 21

Arrest order issued for Brazil’s ex-president Michel Temer

By Peter Prengaman, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

A trader watches U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on a screen during a news conference following the two-day Federal Open Market Committee policy meeting, on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on March 20, 2019. Stock investors are one of the main beneficiaries of the Fed's decision to hold raise interest rates steady. Photo by Brendan McDermid/Reuters

Economy Mar 21

Who benefits from the Fed’s decision not to raise interest rates

By Stan Choe, Associated Press

Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Chip Bergh rings the opening bell on New York Stock Exchange during the company's IPO in New York on March 21, 2019. Photo by Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Economy Mar 21

Levi Strauss goes public for the second time at $17 per share

By Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

People enjoy a sunnny day at the Esplanade in Helsinki, Finland, which earned the highest ranking in the World Happiness Report for the second year in a row. Photo by Ints Kalnins/Reuters

Economy Mar 21

Finland again tops list of happiest nations, U.S. ranking drops

By Jari Tanner, Associated Press

General view of the scene where an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq on March, 21,2019. Photo via Reuters

World Mar 21

Overloaded ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq’s Mosul, killing at least 83

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Farid Abdulwahed, Associated Press

Politics Mar 21

WATCH: Trump orders colleges to support free speech or lose funding

British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker look at each other during a news conference in Strasbourg, France on March 11, 2019. Photo by Vincent Kessler/Reuters/File Photo

World Mar 21

EU leaders open to Brexit delay if May can push through deal

By Lorne Cook, Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Firearms and accessories are displayed at Gun City gunshop in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 19, 2019. Photo by Jorge Silva/Reuters

World Mar 21

New Zealand to ban ‘military-style’ guns after mosque attacks

By Juliet Williams, Nick Perry, Associated Press

The site of a shooting is pictured in Utrecht, Netherlands, on March 18, 2019. Photo by Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters

World Mar 21

Netherlands tram shooting suspect faces terrorism charges

By Associated Press

A vehicle, carrying asylum seekers brought from Tijuana, Mexico to the United States for their immigration hearing, arrives at a court in San Diego, California, on March 19, 2019. Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters

Nation Mar 21

Migrants encounter glitches with new U.S. asylum policy

By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press

A general view of the damage after a cyclone swept through Beira, Mozambique in this aerial drone video taken March 18, 2019. Photo by IFRC/Red Cross Climate Centre via Reuters

World Mar 21

Flooding continues to devastate southern Africa after Cyclone Idai

By Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press