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Tania Léon conducts the Youth Orchestra LA in the premiere of her work Pa'lante at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.

The unplanned, unstoppable career of composer Tania León

Failure was not an option when Léon arrived in New York, a determined 24-year-old pianist from Cuba. At nearly 80, she says some things haven't changed.

Russia is open to freeing Brittney Griner in a prisoner swap

The Kremlin says it's open to talking about a trade for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner. It warned Washington against using the media in negotiations over a swap.

On Tuesday, members of of the U.S. National Women's Soccer team, pictured at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, marked Equity Pay Day in a panel discussion with Vice President Kamala Harris.

On Equal Pay Day, women are trying to make a dollar out of 83 cents

It took women working year round full-time jobs 74 extra days to earn what men did in 2021. And the data is worse for women of color, who are disproportionately employed in low-wage jobs.

Ford announces a historic restructuring as it pivots to an electric future

The American automaker is going to split its auto business into two units — Ford Blue and Ford Model E. They will be housed under the same corporate umbrella.

A massive crater sits outside of a maternity hospital that local officials say was severely damaged on Wednesday by a Russian attack in the besieged port city of Mariupol, Ukraine.

A direct Russian strike devastated a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Zelenskyy says

"People, children are under the wreckage. Atrocity!" the president tweeted. The port city's deputy mayor also said Russia's military had violated a cease-fire meant to allow civilians to evacuate.

Russia may turn to destroying eastern cities instead of capturing Kyiv

And the city of Dnipro, Ukraine, has become a place where the wounded arrive from the front lines and displaced people come as they flee cities subjected to Russian attacks.

Woman wears surgical mask to go shopping at Target in North Park, April 7th, 2020.

San Diego County reports 1,651 COVID-19 cases, 21 deaths

San Diego County reported 1,651 new COVID-19 cases and 21 additional virus-related deaths in its latest data.

Supporters of Florida's recently signed Parental Rights in Education law demonstrate at the Duval County Public Schools building in Jacksonville, Fla., on May 3.

Accusations of 'grooming' are the latest political attack — with homophobic origins

Old accusations of LGBTQ people "grooming" and "recruiting" children have gained new traction. When have we heard this before? What counternarrative are activists using to win over public opinion?

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., here in February, is temporarily stepping aside as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee during the investigation of his stock sales. He has denied any wrongdoing.

Burr To Step Down As Intelligence Chairman During Probe Of Stock Sell-Off

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., is stepping aside during the Justice Department's investigation, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement Thursday.

New Hampshire parents and other supporters gathered in Sept. 2021 to push for making monthly child tax credit payments permanent.

3.7 million more kids are in poverty without the monthly Child Tax Credit, study says

In one month, the child poverty rate increased from 12.1 to 17 percent, the highest rate seen since Dec. 2020. Black and Latino children experienced an even higher rate of poverty.

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