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The Russian Black Sea naval headquarters at Sevastopol, Crimea, in 2008. In the background on the right is a Russian destroyer. The Russian tall ship Padalla (with white sails) is in the center. In the foreground is the Monument to Scuttled Ships, marking Russia's intentional destruction of its own naval fleet in the Crimean War in 1854 as British and French warships approached.

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  • Europe

How Russia's current war in Ukraine echoes its Crimean War of the 1850s

Russia had a more powerful army. It didn't think the West would intervene. The invasion was poorly planned. We're not talking about Russia's current war, but about Russia's Crimean War in the 1850s.

July 13, 2022
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By:
  • Greg Myre
A woman holds a sign in honor of Emmett Till during a protest on June 13, 2020 in Chicago, Ill. Till's family urged authorities to move on a recently discovered unserved warrant from 1955 that charges a white woman for the murder and kidnapping of the teenager.

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  • National

Emmett Till's family says authorities are protecting the woman accused in his death

Family members and advocates say regardless of time passed and age, the arrest warrant for Carolyn Bryant Donham must still be served.

July 09, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
El grupo colombiano Itinerante.

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  • Music

Itinerante, un trío que revive la música andina de Colombia

Tocada en tres instrumentos de cuerda, esta música fue la banda sonora del país desde principios del siglo XX hasta la década de 1940.

July 08, 2022
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  • Betto Arcos
President Joe Biden speaks before presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, during a ceremony honoring 17 recipients in the East Room of the White House on Thursday.

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  • Politics

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Denzel Washington, Simone Biles, John McCain

The 17 recipients include athletes, artists, and leaders of the civil rights and labor movements.

July 07, 2022
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  • Barbara Sprunt
The Colombian group Itinerante.

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  • Arts & Life

Meet Itinerante, a trio reviving Colombia's Andean music

Played on three string instruments, this music was the country's soundtrack from the turn of the 20th century to the 1940s.

July 06, 2022
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  • Betto Arcos
Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan performs during its 2010 revival in Camden, New Jersey.

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  • Music

25 years on, Lilith Fair is a reminder of how one woman's radical idea changed music

Lilith Fair brought an eclectic array of women's music to millions of fans and was the top grossing music festival of the 1990s.

July 05, 2022
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  • Lisa Weiner
Ed Dwight in January 1962.

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  • Space

Ed Dwight was in line to be the first Black astronaut. History had other ideas

At the height of the space race in the 1960s, Air Force Captain Ed Dwight was chosen to attend a special astronaut training program. He tells the story of what happened next.

July 05, 2022
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  • Mycah Hazel
Cara Romero, "Water Memory,<em>"</em> 2015

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  • Art & Design

A provocative exhibit at NYC's Met Museum takes a new point of view

The exhibit explores how Native Americans have used water. But it also points out how political water is.

July 04, 2022
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  • Jennifer Vanasco
Cara Romero, "Water Memory,<em>"</em> 2015

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  • Art & Design

A provocative exhibit at NYC's Met Museum takes a new point of view

The exhibit explores how Native Americans have used water. But it also points out how political water is.

July 04, 2022
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By:
  • Jennifer Vanasco
Mike Stoller, 89, the songwriter and producer who, with his producing partner, wrote many of Elvis's biggest songs, poses for a portrait at his home in Los Angeles, CA.

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  • Music

Elvis songwriter Mike Stoller looks back on his hits

Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber wrote hit songs for Elvis, along with a whos-who of other artists including Big Mama Thornton, Ben E. King, and more.

July 03, 2022
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  • Tim Greiving
Mike Stoller, 89, the songwriter and producer who, with his producing partner, wrote many of Elvis's biggest songs, poses for a portrait at his home in Los Angeles, CA.

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  • Music

Elvis songwriter Mike Stoller looks back on his hits

Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber wrote hit songs for Elvis, along with a whos-who of other artists including Big Mama Thornton, Ben E. King, and more.

July 03, 2022
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By:
  • Tim Greiving
Police guard a closed road outside the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong on June 30, 2022, as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong to attend celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China.

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  • Asia

The Hong Kong handover turns 25. So does an entire generation.

Two teenagers bonded over high school Model United Nations. A decade later, one is in self-exile. The other waits for her and their other friends to return to the Hong Kong they once knew.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Jeongyoon Han
Police guard a closed road outside the Xiqu Centre in Hong Kong on June 30, 2022, as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong to attend celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China.

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  • Asia

The Hong Kong handover turns 25. So does an entire generation.

Two teenagers bonded over high school Model United Nations. A decade later, one is in self-exile. The other waits for her and their other friends to return to the Hong Kong they once knew.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Jeongyoon Han
John Cohen, courtesy Deborah Bell, New York.

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  • Arts & Life

How Elizabeth Cotten's music fueled the folk revival

Although inducted into the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, her contributions haven't always been properly acknowledged.

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Allyson McCabe
John Cohen, courtesy Deborah Bell, New York.

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  • Arts & Life

How Elizabeth Cotten's music fueled the folk revival

Although inducted into the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, her contributions haven't always been properly acknowledged.

June 29, 2022
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  • Allyson McCabe
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