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Director Carol Bash and Robert Shepard, director of photography, on a set for the documentary, Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band. The documentary was made with the help …

FILE – A voter casts ballot at a polling station on Nov. 8, 2020, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw, File) Thein Zaw/AP/AP hide caption toggle caption Thein Zaw/AP/AP Myanmar’s …

White supremacist tropes and ironic viral jokes posted on official government social media accounts illustrate the Trump administration’s project of redefining who belongs in the United States. @DHSgov and @WhiteHouse …

At Vermont’s famed Middlebury Language School, opera singers perfect their German — right down to mastering the elusive umlaut. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: If you want to make a career as …

This combination photo shows presidential candidates Rodrigo Paz, left and Bolivia’s former President Jorge Quiroga, right. Freddy Barragan, Arnulfo Franco/AP hide caption toggle caption Freddy Barragan, Arnulfo Franco/AP LA PAZ, …

Boys collect wood and other useful items through the rubble of their damaged home following Friday’s flash flooding at a neighborhood of Pir Baba, an area of Buner district, in …

An Air Canada agent, left, talks with a man as Air Canada flight attendants strike at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Graham Hughes/The Canadian …

As part of a tourism campaign, Michigan has developed fragrances inspired by some of the state’s aromas – including its coastline, flowers and vineyards. But what do people make of …

Members of the National Guard patrol near the Washington Monument on Saturday. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images D.C. National Guard members patrolling Washington as part …