Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III, in charge of millions of artifacts, was asked which museum object was his favorite representation of America. His answer? Joseph Trammell’s Freedom Papers.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s comments are the most direct threat he’s made so far amid escalating tensions with the U.S.
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NASA is working to take astronauts farther from Earth than any humans have ever gone, but the ambitious and costly moonshot has been plagued by delays.
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In this web exclusive, Jeff Tweedy, front man of the rock group Wilco, talks with correspondent Anthony Mason about his solo project, a triple album called “Twilight Override.”
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More winter weather to come for East Coast. Meanwhile, immigration crackdown protests continue.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that a transition from the current government to one involving her movement is “unstoppable,” since they “won the election by a landslide” over former President Nicolas Maduro’s party.
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In an uncertain time, folk musician Jesse Welles – a four-time Grammy Award-nominee from Ozark, Arkansas – is reinvigorating the spirit and relevance of the protest song, spreading messages on such topics as health insurance and ICE agents.
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Militant attacks erupted in a resource-rich region where Pakistan is seeking to attract foreign investment in mining and minerals.
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Jeff Tweedy has released more than two dozen records in his career, both as a solo artist and as frontman of the rock band Wilco. But he may have outdone himself with his latest triple-album “Twilight Override.”
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After the death of her husband of 26 years, Rhea Holmes, of Syracuse, New York, was left with little money, and slipped into depression. Losing her job and her home, she eventually took to sleeping at the only place she felt she owned: her husband’s grave. Then, along came an “angel.” Steve Hartman reports.
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