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The Live Electronic Orchestra is shown along with its inventor, Don Lewis at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad on February 2, 2023.

One-of-a-kind musical invention on display at Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad

Pioneering Black musician Don Lewis invented the Live Electronic Orchestra, changing how music would be produced forever.

Yo-Yo Ma performs in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2018.

Yo-Yo Ma on ‘touching infinity’ through his nearly 300-year-old cello, Petunia

About 25 years ago, the acclaimed cellist asked a high school student to help him name his instrument. He brings his cello — aka "Petunia" — to the Fresh Air studio for music and conversation.

Satchel Paige of the Monarchs talks with Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays before a game in Kansas City in 1941.

The Negro Leagues are officially part of MLB history — with the records to prove it

The MLB incorporated the statistics of some 2,300 Black athletes who played in the segregated Negro Leagues between 1920 and 1948, making the late Josh Gibson its new all-time batting leader.

Army veteran David Vieira, President of the Afghanistan Iraq Veterans War Memorial Fund, attends a dedication ceremony for Connecticut's new monument to Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans. Viera's non-profit raised money to build the memorial in Danbury.<br><br> <br><br>

A federal monument to Iraq and Afghanistan vets is years away, but states are erecting their own

While the national memorial goes through a lengthy planning and fundraising process, veterans are working with state and local governments to build smaller monuments around the country.

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Speller 24 Ben Evans of Poway, Calif., representing ABC 10News, competes in the Quarterfinals of the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, MD, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.

Poway eighth grader eliminated in sixth round of National Spelling Bee

Benjamin Evans was among 45 spellers from the original field of 245, the largest since 2019, to advance to the semifinals when he correctly answered his fifth-round multiple-choice vocabulary question earlier Wednesday.

Kimberly Hardy speaks at a DNC event at the Impact Center World Tabernacle Church in Rocky Mount, N.C., on May 23.

Biden wants to win North Carolina. Improving turnout among Black voters is key

Black voters have traditionally been a critical part of the Democratic Party’s coalition. But polls this year show a softening of that support.

Giant Panda Tian Tian rests in its enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 7, 2023, on the final day of viewing before returning to China. All three of the zoo's pandas left for China, bringing at least a temporary end to a decades-old connection between the cuddly animal and the U.S. capital.

Giant Pandas are returning to D.C.'s National Zoo

National Zoo officials say D.C. will get two new adolescent pandas by the end of the year. The last bears departed in November, bound for China on a FedEx cargo plane, with no agreement in place to secure a new pair.

Wymon Johnson, poses for a portrait at his residence in Bakersfield, Calif. Johnson is currently renting a room from a friend while he is waiting for long term housing through the Kern County Housing Authority.

They sacrificed to care for family and ended up on the street

Many people lose income when they become caregivers for a family member. Some even end up losing their home.

Clouds obscure the view of the setting sun on 42nd street in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Twice per year, New Yorkers and visitors are treated to a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge, when the setting sun aligns with the Manhattan street grid and sinks below the horizon framed in a canyon of skyscrapers.

What is Manhattanhenge? Here's when and where you can see the phenomenon

Twice annually — weeks before and after the summer solstice — residents and tourists raise their phones to capture Manhattan’s sun aligning with the city grid, creating a spectacular sunset.

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