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A new documentary examines the short life — and shady business practices — of the songwriter/producer behind hits like "Tell Him," "Here Comes the Night" and "Hang On Sloopy."

Scientists have used CRISPR, a new gene-editing technique, to create pigs that can keep their bodies warmer, burning more fat to produce leaner meat.

President Trump held a joint news conference with Vietnam's president. Trump travels to the Philippines next, where on Monday he'll be the first U.S. leader to meet with President Rodrigo Duterte.

Dozens of conversations took place around Charlotte on Wednesday as part of a community engagement initiative called “On the Table CLT", coordinated by…

Someone wants to sell you a bouquet of flowers inspired by the least romantic thing on TV.

Jordy Rosenberg's debut novel, Confessions of the Fox, is a speculative retelling of The Threepenny Opera as a queer love story.

Director Marjane Satrapi is best-known for her graphic novel Persepolis.But her foray into the psyche of a regular Joe who ships toilets for a living and talks to pets goes a bit astray.

Saul Zaentz only made a dozen films, but three of them won Best Picture Academy Awards. As a record label owner, his biggest success — and worst relationship — was with Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The Nebula Awards are some of the most prestigious prizes in science fiction and fantasy. This year, women authors swept the awards — and not for the first time.

Gill and his bandmates rewrote the playbook for punk in 1979 with the release of Entertainment!-- incorporating new angles and room to breathe into the frenzied genre.

The budding superstar debuted a new song with Phony Ppl and performed hits from Fever and Tina Snow during the first night of NPR's Tiny Desk Fest.

Brown University student Kevin Roose passed himself off as an evangelical Christian to blend in with students at Liberty University — the school founded by the late Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell.

Google has launched a new version of its search engine Web site in China. The site censors material about Tibet, human rights and other topics considered sensitive by the Chinese government. The move comes shortly after the company was praised for not complying with a U.S. federal subpoena for its records.

Producer Mark Ronson has worked with Amy Winehouse and Lily Allen, and remixed songs by Britney Spears and Bob Dylan. In an interview, he describes his discomfort when talking about himself, how he remixes hit records, and what he's reading now. (Hint: It's Slash's autobiography.)

As electronic dance music continues to experiment, D∆WN stands apart by making challenging pop music with soul. Redemption radiates defiance in its celebration of the self.

Three albums after wrapping his run with one of the most successful country duos of the '90s and early '00s, Dunn deftly carves out a role for himself amid the genre's current youthful landscape.

Alabama corrections officials said the state halted the scheduled execution of Alan Miller after they determined they could not get the lethal injection underway before a midnight deadline.

The year's best jazz albums reach into your world rather than demanding that you reach into theirs, KPLU's Nick Francis says. Here, he picks 10 fun recordings with a contemporary attitude compliant to listeners' daily lives.

Rap reissues have long paled in comparison to more elaborate rock and jazz offerings. But Common's Resurrection receives the thought and effort its stature deserves. It seems well-positioned to tap into a marketplace of fans eager to revisit the classics.

The program has slid back into its former losing state as the 14-year run of David Cutcliffe fizzled in the final two seasons.