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John Foster, Charles Mingus, Roy Brooks, Charles McPherson performs live. Août 1972. Photo : Christian Rose/Fastimage

Charles Mingus contained multitudes, but his native language was protest

The jazz icon's 100th birthday is a chance to appreciate an enduring throughline of his career, which often teetered between exquisite composure and raging chaos.

Avah Lamie is in fifth grade and lives in Hartford, Vt. The pandemic brought a big loss of stability for kids, experts say.

What life is like for an 11-year-old

Avah Lamie, 11, says this is a stressful time to be a kid. Rates of anxiety and depression among children and youth were on the rise even before COVID, but the past two years have made things worse.

07 January 2021, Bavaria, Munich: The snowman "Claude", who was built on a hill in the Olympic complex, wears a mouth-nose protection over his nose, which is made of a banana.

Coronavirus FAQ: What's the risk of catching omicron outdoors?

Previous versions of the coronavirus didn't transmit as easily outdoors thanks to airflow that dispersed viral particles. But what about the highly transmissible omicron variant?

Mark O'Connor walks along Moonlight Beach picking up trash in Encinitas, Calif. Oct. 7, 2021.

Encinitas says beaches remain open after increased tar ball reports

Encinitas beaches remained open Friday despite increased reports of tar balls washing ashore in North County.

Adele's album <em>30</em> was among 2021's chart-toppers, according to a new, year-end report by MRC Data.

Morgan Wallen and Adele topped music sales in 2021, according to a year-end report.

Albums by Wallen and Adele were the top sellers of 2021, according to MRC Data and Billboard's annual tally. Other findings: audio on-demand streaming soared, and sales of vinyl outpaced CDs.

Kun Kun gets ready for a test to tell if dogs can distinguish languages from each other.

Is your dog bilingual? A new study suggests their brains can tell languages apart

When brain researcher Laura Cuaya moved from Mexico to Hungary, she wanted to know if her two dogs would recognize the change in language. So she devised an experiment.

The migrant camp at the El Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, November 17, 2021.

US will resume policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico

It will go into effect in San Diego and three Texas border cities.

President Biden planned to talk about infrastructure on the anniversary of his inauguration. But first, he had to clean up some comments he had made about Russia and Ukraine.

How Biden is trying to clean up his comments about Russia and Ukraine

President Biden said there was uncertainty among allies about how they would respond to a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukraine. That led to alarm overseas — and a clean-up at home.

Ethan Nordean, pictured on Jan. 6 with backward baseball hat and bullhorn, leads members of the far-right group Proud Boys in marching before the riot at the U.S. Capitol. Nordean, 30, of Auburn, Washington, has described himself as the sergeant-of-arms of the Seattle chapter of the Proud Boys.

USD Professor Releases Report Detailing Costs Of American Political Violence

A USD professor and the Democracy Fund Foundation released a report detailing the physical, psychological and economic costs of political violence in the United States.

Newly graduated Afghan National Army personnel march during their graduation ceremony in November 2020. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a report obtained by The Associated Press that more than 100 former members of the Afghan government, its security forces and those who worked with international troops have been killed since the Taliban takeover of the country.

U.N. says over 100 ex-Afghan officials have been slain since the Taliban's takeover

A new U.N. report finds that "more than two-thirds" of those who died were victims of extrajudicial killings by the Taliban or its affiliates.

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