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Mezzo-soprano Kate Aldrich is Arden Scott and bass-baritone Michael Mayes is Wendell Swann perform a secene from the opera-with-the-opera of San Diego Opera's "Great Scott."

'Great Scott' Gets West Coast Premiere At San Diego Opera

Jake Heggie's new work explores what goes into producing an opera, poking fun at the genre with a wink at technical challenges and backstage melodrama.

A North Korean man reads a local newspaper on Sunday with an image of leader Kim Jong Un. Kim said during a critical ruling party congress that his country will not use its nuclear weapons first unless its sovereignty is invaded, state media reported.

N. Korea Wants Economic And Nuclear Expansion, But One Undercuts The Other

North Korea's powerful are gathering for their first ruling party congress in decades. Kim Jong Un is working to consolidate his power at home — and regionally — with an expanded nuclear arsenal.

In the opening scene of <em>Another World: Losing Our Children to Islamic State</em>, an actor playing a radical imam appears on stage. The play is a mix of journalism and theater, with its script based on the actual words, recorded in interviews, of mothers who lost children to ISIS, an American general and a former Guantanamo detainee.

Examining The Lure Of ISIS In 'Another World'

A documentary play in London features actors performing the exact words, gathered from interviews, of Muslim mothers who lost children to ISIS, a U.S. general and a former Guantanamo detainee.

Exene Cervenka and John Doe perform in Hollywood in September 2004. "The first person I ever saw jump into the audience was me," Cervenka tells<em> Fresh Air.</em>

A Personal History Of L.A. Punk: 'It Was A Free-For-All For Outcasts'

John Doe, Exene Cervenka and Dave Alvin of X join Fresh Air to discuss punk's early days. "Anybody could belong to punk that wanted to be there," Cervenka says. "[It] didn't matter how old you were."

Cassandra Steptoe (center) rehearses a performance with fellow actresses as part of The Medea Project, in San Francisco. Steptoe wrote and performs an autobiographical monologue in the production about being HIV-positive.

Theater Helps This HIV-Positive Grandmother Transform Lives

Writing her own story, with support from peers, helped Cassandra Steptoe shed the shame she felt in her diagnosis and find psychological healing instead. Now she's inspiring others to do the same.

Health Law Gets Reprieve As Appeals Court Agrees To Rehear Key Case

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals' decision overrides a July ruling by a three-judge panel that imperiled subsidies for people buying insurance in states that rely on the federal exchange.

Bollywood actors Sooraj Pancholi (left) and Athiya Shetty perform during a promotional event in Mumbai for the film Hero.

#LongReads: Blame It On Bollywood

What happened when teens in a conservative Muslim neighborhood in Kolkata began watching lush, romantic Bollywood films.

An artist's rendering shows developer Doug Manchester's proposal for the Navy Broadway Complex, October 2009.

Court Fight Over San Diego's Navy Broadway Complex Not Finished

Attorney Cory Briggs lost a round in his effort to stop the $1.2 billion Navy Broadway Complex from being developed on San Diego Bay, but he says he's not giving up the fight.

With Supreme Court Tie, Teachers Unions Dodge A Bullet

The 4-4 ruling by the high court means the failure of an effort to overturn requirements that nonunion members contribute to the cost of bargaining.

Judge Merrick Garland is introduced by President Obama as his nominee for the Supreme Court at the White House earlier this month.

Why Garland's Judicial Record Slips Through Critics' Fingers

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland has a long list of past opinions, but the court he's sat on for nearly two decades has rarely weighed in on big controversial issues.

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