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This year's European Film Award for best movie was won by an unknown Austrian, who beat out established directors like Pedro Almodovar and Ken Loach. The Lives of Others is set in the former East Germany. It's about a Stasi agent who has a change of heart about his country's repressive regime — in part because of a beautiful piece of music.

The latest megadeal aims to give Tapestry a competitive edge against major European luxury goods conglomerates like Kering and LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.

Friday's defeat in Manila marked the second consecutive Basketball World Cup loss for the U.S., which won back-to-back championships in 2010 and 2014.

Brights Zoo in Tennessee is asking the public to help pick a name for the giraffe that was born without spots on July 31. The zoo says she may be the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe alive.

A Utah man who was accused of making threats to President Biden was shot and killed in an FBI raid. The man also threatened New York prosecutor Alvin Bragg.

With a huge lead built up over main rival Tadej Pogačar, Vingegaard knew the victory was effectively his again before the largely ceremonial final stage.

For the fourth straight year, the U.S. high school graduation rate has improved — reaching an all-time high of 82 percent in the 2013-2014 school year, the Department of Education announced Tuesday.

Verdi's opera showcases the city of Venice's complex and lethal political history in a dramatic version of the life of 15th-century doge Francesco Foscari.

As Philip Reeves reported on Weekend Edition Sunday, British politician Ann Widdecombe is making quite a splash on the UK's celebrity dance show, Strictly Come Dancing.

A city inspector was denied access twice to evaluate the new "X" sign on the roof of Twitter's headquarters that was installed without a permit.

The helicopters were responding to a vegetation fire that spread from a nearby structure fire. One helicopter made a safe landing with no injuries, while all in the second helicopter were killed.

Paramount Global has sold Simon & Schuster to the private equity firm KKR. The deal comes nearly a year after the Department of Justice blocked Penguin Random House from acquiring Simon & Schuster.

Senator Kennedy was assassinated in the midst of his historic bid for the presidency.

Hurricane Dean is now heading toward Mexico's mainland, after leaving the Yucatan peninsula remarkably unscathed. Thousands of people fled coastal cities ahead of the storm.

The headless statue is believed to depict Marcus Aurelius. The investigation into its origins comes over a decade after Turkey claimed that 21 objects at the museum were linked to an illicit trade.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 3.5 magnitude earthquake early Sunday morning near the town of West Canton, about 22 miles west of Asheville. Sunday's earthquake near West Canton is the fifth quake to hit the area in the past two weeks.

A hospital that may charge hundreds of thousands of dollars to treat a dying patient generally won't charge the family a penny to do an autopsy to figure out what caused their patient's death.

Two nonprofit advocacy groups in Colorado are trying to take back the moniker as something to be proud of. The president has said he likes the term, which has been used derisively by opponents of the health overhaul.

North Carolina schools are getting $24 million in federal grants to create better pay systems to recruit and keep teachers.