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Even among experimentalists like Philip Glass and Steve Reich, the composer Julius Eastman stood out: black, gay and politically provocative. Clayton's new album is a tribute to the singular artist who burned out too early.

Federal prosecutors have charged a contractor with stealing government secrets and unauthorized removal of classified documents that cover a wide variety of national security issues.

NPR's Scott Simon has a story this week about something that doesn't make the news much these days: a private and unscripted act of kindness on the streets of Washington, D.C.

Workers are asking Google to protect user location data and search history from law enforcement agencies that might attempt to prosecute abortion seekers.

At age 4, Bruno Mars was delighting crowds with his "Little Elvis" impersonation. His success as an adult didn't come as quickly, but fame came calling after he produced several big hits.

Syrians seem unimpressed with this year's Nobel Peace laureate — the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, the international chemical weapons watchdog that is currently working in Syria to catalogue and destroy the Syrian army's stockpiles of poison gas. In the words of one activist in Damascus, reaction "ranges from pure anger to disillusion to sarcasm to black comedy."

A transformer exploded Tuesday at the landmark, producing a cloud of thick, black smoke and flames that were quickly extinguished. No one was hurt and the cause of the incident is under investigation.

The singer and guitarist fields comments from listeners about her music and talks about the ways her songs can be interpreted.

The voting process now pits former finance minister Rishi Sunak against current foreign minister Liz Truss to replace Boris Johnson.

Jill Biden is a sought-after headliner on the midterm campaign trail in a way her husband, the president, is not.