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Virginia conservators unpack a box left in the pedestal at the former site of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday.

Conservators find books, coins and bullets in Virginia time capsule

The box had been buried underneath a statue of Robert E. Lee for 134 years. It was the time capsule that historians had long hoped to find.

Rahele Megosha of South Dakota, the 2021 Poetry Out Loud national champion.

Reciting Poetry Earns South Dakota Teenager A National Prize

Rahele Megosha, a senior at Washington High School in Sioux Falls, won the 2021 Poetry Out Loud prize on Thursday. The award is given by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation.

Sophie Allison's third album as Soccer Mommy, <em>Sometimes, Forever</em>, is a study in contrasts: focused, intimate writing paired with wild production that whips her songs into squalls of distortion and delay.

Inside Soccer Mommy's widescreen world

Private, isolating thoughts have always been central in Sophie Allison's songs, but Sometimes, Forever breaks new ground, using the studio to blow those feelings up to arresting scale.

On 'It's Almost Dry,' Pusha T plays the long game

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with the rapper about making his new album It's Almost Dry, working with Kanye and Pharrell and reflecting on what longevity looks like in hip-hop.

President Biden signs an executive order Monday reversing a Trump-era ban on transgender people serving in the military.

Biden Repeals Trump-Era Ban On Transgender Troops

Former President Donald Trump had first ordered a ban on transgender service members in 2017, and President Biden had long promised to repeal the directive.

File photo of New Washington, Ohio, Chief of Police Scott Robertson talking with fourth-grade students as they huddle in closet a during a lockdown drill at the St. Bernard School in New Washington, Ohio, Jan. 14, 2013.

For 'lockdown generation' school shootings are their reality

Students processing the attack in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers — yet another school shooting — returned to a common theme: They are the “lockdown generation.”

Harold Harrington is a master plumber and is among the tens of thousands of residents of Flint, Mich., whose contaminated drinking water cast a spotlight on a threat faced by communities across the United States.

President Biden Wants To Replace All Lead Pipes. Flint Has Lessons To Share

Flint has been synonymous with lead in drinking water. The city's experience replacing lead pipes shows the promise and challenges of the Biden proposal to get rid of all the country's lead pipes.

Mandy Pursley and her husband, Ryan, as Cinderella and Prince Charming in this undated photo.

The Story Of A Cinderella Costume With A Twist Goes Viral

The costume, created by an Oceanside woman who was born without an arm, has inspired children and people with limb differences

Artist Stan Herd's portrait of NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson on display in Atlanta is 70 feet by 90 feet.

Landscape artist unveils a giant portrait of NASA pioneer Stephanie Wilson

Earthworks artist Stan Herd has unveiled an enormous portrait of NASA astronaut Stephanie Wilson in Woodruff Park in Atlanta. It is etched into the ground.

Detail of Valentine Byrne's album cover for "Baby on a Wall."

5 songs to discover in San Diego in November

We're listening to new music from local acts Kocean, Steph Richards with Joshua White, 18scales, Plosivs and Valentine Byrne with Real J. Wallace.

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