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'Fresh Air' pays tribute to the music of John Kander and Fred Ebb

The new Broadway musical New York, New York includes Kander and Ebb's songs from Scorsese's 1977 film. We listen back to an '83 interview with Kander and Ebb, plus '91 and '15 interviews with Kander.

Smoke is seen rising from Khartoum's skyline on Sunday. The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group battled for control of the chaos-stricken nation, signaling they were unwilling to end hostilities despite mounting diplomatic pressure to cease fire.

Residents in Khartoum live in fear and desperation as fighting rages on

As rival military factions fight on the streets of Sudan's capital, three women describe what life is like for them. "I think we can die at any time. Nobody can feel safe in Khartoum now," one says.

A makeshift memorial is created at the scene of the fatal shooting at a dance studio in Dadeville, Ala. Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the shooting that killed four young people at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party, investigators announced Wednesday.

3 are charged with murder in Alabama shooting that left 4 dead and dozens injured

The suspects, 16, 17 and 20, were arrested in connection with a shooting at a Sweet Sixteen birthday party, investigators said Wednesday. The district attorney said the teens would be tried as adults.

From left to right: Long COVID patients Linda Rosenthal, Julia Landis and Shelby Hedgecock continue to suffer from severe symptoms.

As pandemic emergencies end, some patients with long COVID feel 'swept under the rug'

Millions of Americans suffer from long COVID, which can have debilitating physical effects, including fatigue and difficulty breathing. Yet many patients feel abandoned, as federal aid winds down.

Florida's abortion laws protect a pregnant person's life, but not for mental health

If a pregnant person is struggling with mental health and considering suicide, several states' laws, including Florida's, specifically say the "life of the mother" exception does not apply to them.

Zhang Meixue, head of a farmer's association in southern Tainan county, walks through one of her former rice paddies. Before the drought, the paddy would normally be filled with enough water to simultaneously raise ducks. Now she's growing flowers in the dried-out paddy to beautify the area and attract tourists.

Epic drought in Taiwan pits farmers against high-tech factories for water

The island is facing one of its worst dry spells in a century, and both the agricultural and high-tech sectors are competing for scarce water resources.

‘A Weekend in Old Monmouth’ historic tour returns for 2023

50 historic Monmouth County sites to be open May 6-7

Lemiley Lane, who grew up in the Navajo Nation in Arizona, walks along the Bountiful High School campus during her junior year in 2020 in Bountiful, Utah. The school changed its nickname in 2021 to "The Redhawks."

As schools face calls to drop Native American mascots, some could lose state money

New York on Tuesday became the latest state in the nation to move to force schools to do away with the use of Native American team names or mascots. Those that don't comply risk losing their funding.

Members of law enforcement investigate a scene where people were injured in a shooting on Interstate 295, in Yarmouth, Maine, on Tuesday.

Maine man killed his parents and their friends before firing on motorists, police say

A man confessed to killing four people, including his parents, and then firing on motorists on a busy interstate highway, just days after being released from prison, police said.

Gwinnett County election workers prepare to handle ballots as part of the recount for the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 16, 2020, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Nearly two and a half years after the election, voting machine companies, election workers and even a local postmaster have filed defamation cases tied to conspiracy theories that have spread about the election.

There are even more 2020 election defamation suits beyond the Fox-Dominion case

In addition to the Dominion case against Fox News, more than a dozen similar cases related to lies spread about the 2020 election are slowly making their way through the legal system.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives as he visited headquarters of the Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.

Putin attempts to show he's not isolated with visits to Russian troops

Russia's president Vladimir Putin hoped to send a positive image to counteract the images of Ukraine's present Volodymyr Zelenskyy by visiting Kherson and Luhansk.

Julia Lee's book cover for <em>Biting the Hand: Growing up Asian in Black and White America.</em>

'Biting the Hand': Korean American author calls for weaponizing invisibility

Korean American author Julia Lee pulls no punches about the experience of being Asian in the U.S. today, in her memoir Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America.

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