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Minneapolis, state of Minnesota reach policing overhaul agreement

Nearly three years after the murder of George Floyd, Minneapolis and the state of Minnesota say a negotiated agreement will change how Minneapolis police operate.

Hodding Carter III, then-president, CEO and trustee of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, answers a question during a news conference in Washington, on Nov. 24, 2003. Carter has died at age 88.

Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman during Iran hostage crisis, dies at 88

Carter was a Mississippi journalist and civil rights activist who as State Department spokesman informed Americans about the Iran hostage crisis and later won awards for his televised documentaries.

Everything but the Girl's Tracey Thorn writes lyrics that capture women's inner lives

The married British duo Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt — aka Everything but the Girl — have their first album in 24 years. Ken Tucker reviews Fuse, then we listen back to a 2018 interview with Thorn.

Käärijä, representing Finland, rehearses for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool.

Where the stage is littered with glitter: The top 10 acts of Eurovision 2023

For the first time ever, viewers in the U.S. can vote for their favorite act in the lavish international spectacle that is the Eurovision Song Contest. Our critic shares his top 10 songs.

Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse in E. Jean Carroll's civil case

A Manhattan federal jury has determined former President Donald Trump is liable for battery and defamation in a civil lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll. Jurors awarded her $5 million.

"The most endangered historic places list looks like America," says Katherine Malone-France, the Chief Preservation Officer of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Above, artist L.V. Hull (1942-2008) stands on the steps of her home and studio in Kosciusko, Miss., which has been unoccupied since Hull died in 2008.

Here's the latest list of the '11 Most Endangered Historic Places' in the U.S.

"It's very hard to narrow the list," says the Chief Preservation Officer of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The 2023 list includes a gas station, an artist studio and two Chinatowns.

Fox Corp. executive chairman and CEO Lachlan Murdoch is not expected to apologize for the company's $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems when he addresses investors on Tuesday. He's shown here at a Sun Valley, Idaho, conference in 2017.

Fox isn't in the apology business. That could cost it a ton of money

When Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch addressed investors on Tuesday, he did not apologize for the events that led to a $787 million settlement over the broadcasting of election-related falsehoods.

Grace Bumbry, a trailblazing Black opera singer, has died at age 86

Grace Bumbry has died. She had one of the most illustrious operatic careers of the 20th century. She was also the first Black singer to perform at the Paris Opera and the Bayreuth Festival in Germany.

The U.S. public health emergency declaration helped marshal resources during the worst of the COVID crisis, when the virus was spreading rampantly. This week, the declaring expires.

The COVID public health emergency ends this week. Here's what's changing

Three years ago, the emergency declaration enabled certain tools for fighting the pandemic and protecting Americans. Now that it's expiring, here's what is changing — and what's not.

Record producer Zev Feldman (left) and John Fowler, a charter member of the Left Bank Jazz Society, meet outside the Charles Theater in downtown Baltimore. The building once hosted some of the best jazz musicians in the country.

In a Baltimore basement, a jazz detective strikes gold

New recordings of old jazz performances at Baltimore's now-closed Famous Ballroom are being released for the first time.

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