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The Joachim-Ma Stradivarius violin is on display at Sotheby's in New York City on Monday.

A Stradivarius violin could sell for a record sum at auction. Is it worth the hype?

Stradivarius violins often sell for millions. There's a long history behind them, and violinists who swear they sound better than modern ones.

Billie Eilish performs onstage with Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day during the FireAid Benefit Concert on January 30, 2025 in Inglewood, California.

FireAid concerts raise estimated $100 million for LA wildfire relief

More than 30 artists, including Olivia Rodrigo, Rod Stewart, Dr. Dre and Joni Mitchell, performed at the benefit concert on Jan. 30.

Republicans in Congress mostly shrug as Musk and DOGE set sights on spending

Congress controls the power of the purse, but Republicans on Capitol Hill have put up little resistance to efforts by the administration to suspend spending that they've already approved.

A sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed in the Brooklyn borough of New York, July 6, 2020.

'Everything is changing every minute': New prison rules for trans women on hold

As federal lawsuits challenge President Trump's executive order impacting trans inmates, the Bureau of Prisons is putting a stop to new policies demanding trans women hand over female-identifying clothing and other items.

A U.S. Postal Service employee is shown loading parcels outside a post office in Wheeling, Ill., on Jan. 29, 2024.

USPS flip-flops on Hong Kong-China packages, lifting a ban imposed a day earlier

The U.S. postal service is reversing course a day after it said it would not accept packages from China and Hong Kong. The ban came after the U.S. imposed an additional 10% tariff on Chinese goods.

Juan and Marian, father and stepmother of Carlos, who was taken into custody by law enforcement and immigration officers a week after President Trump took office, stand for a portrait in Cedar Park, Texas, on Jan. 29, 2025.

ICE has arrested scores of migrants in the U.S. who have no criminal records

The Trump administration says it has already arrested thousands of immigrants in the U.S. without legal status. Officials say some have committed heinous crimes, but many don't have criminal records.

Last week, the National Cryptologic Museum in Fort Meade, Md., papered over plaques devoted to women and people of color who served the National Security Agency. The museum uncovered the exhibits on Sunday amid an uproar from former NSA staffers.

NSA museum covered plaques honoring women and people of color, provoking an uproar

Following a White House anti-DEI order, the National Cryptologic Museum covered up exhibits of women and people of color in its Hall of Honor. The NSA reversed course after former employees mobilized.

Why polar bear fur doesn't freeze

New research finds that grease that coats polar bear fur contains a specialized mixture of chemicals that make it resistant to freezing.

Eric Schmidt, billionaire and former Google CEO, at the ai-Pulse conference at Station F technology campus in Paris, France, on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023.

6 unsettling thoughts Google's former CEO has about artificial intelligence

Neither the public or the tech giants pushing artificial intelligence understand its long-term implications, warns former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

Icebergs are photographed from the window of an airplane carrying NASA scientists as they fly on a mission to track melting ice in eastern Greenland on Aug. 14, 2019.

Greenland bans foreign political donations as Trump seeks the island

The bill is aimed at protecting "Greenland's political integrity" and will take effect immediately, according to a translation of a parliamentary document in Danish outlining the measure.

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