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For decades, conventional wisdom held that peptic ulcers were caused by stress and unhealthy eating habits. But the vast majority are caused by bacteria.

The viral tweets were real — it's finally here: one of the most rambunctious experiences at the Tiny Desk.

The Story of 'The Elixir of Love'

The president says the plan, involving tax breaks for individuals and businesses, must be passed quickly and take effect immediately.

Texas columnist Molly Ivins died Wednesday of breast cancer. As a tribute, we revisit her 2001 commentary about one of her favorite targets, President George W. Bush.

Like the Julia Roberts movie Pretty Woman, Verdi's La Traviata tells the tale of a good-hearted call-girl who meets Mr. Right, only to give him up in the end.

Wagner's stormy one-acter requires lead singers with great power, both dramatically and vocally. Alan Held and Jennifer Wilson fit the bill in this turbulent opera focused on one of Wagner's favorite themes: the redemptive power of love. From the Washington National Opera.

The average user of birth control pills saved $255 in the first year after an Affordable Care Act requirement that insurers cover contraceptives without copays went into effect, a study finds.

Though Handel became a superstar in London with a string of deadly serious operas, he revealed his lighter side in the delightfully quirky comedy Partenope — an opera featuring a ditzy queen and a cross-dressing duellist.

The Latino hip-hop legend plays a medley of hits from his nearly 30-year catalog.

Photographer Mary Ellen Mark has taken a kitschy tradition and made it artful.

Federal regulators say about 13% of electrical generating capacity on the East Coast failed during last December's Winter Storm Elliott, triggering blackouts such as those that hit Duke Energy customers in North Carolina on Christmas Eve. That's among the findings in a new report.

It's a strategy some countries have adopted to boost falling fertility rates. Here's why it often fails.

As the ringleader of the CHIC experience, Rodgers crams a lifetime's worth of nightlife into every strum of his guitar.

Two climate activists hurled soup Sunday at the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris and shouted slogans advocating for a sustainable food system.

Homeland Security officials said the raids are part of an ongoing investigation with law enforcement in New York, Miami and Los Angeles.

A five-song set from a genre-bending collective built around the folklore and rhythmic styles of bomba.

One of the many policy riders tucked inside the trillion-dollar spending bill reverses a rule that long-haul truckers take two nights off for every 70 hours they drive. Safety groups are angry.

This year, the longest-running — and one of the most important — regular showcases of American art is not a survey, but a conversation.

South Korea's liberal opposition wins nearly two-thirds of the seats in parliamentary elections, blowing a crushing defeat to President Yoon Suk Yeol.