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Single-belled baritones and euphoniums line the ceiling of the V&E Simonetti Historic Tuba Collection to make room the bigger instruments on the floor and walls.

A Museum With Nearly 300 Brass Horns: You've Gotta See It Tuba-lieve It

Vincent Simonetti started playing tuba in high school in the 1950s. It was love at first puff. Now he and his wife, Ethel, have filled a house in Durham, N.C., with tubas for the public to tour.

Teacher Christopher Baughman is shown working with students at Emerald middle school in El Cajon in this undated photo.

Trauma And Transitions: How San Diego Schools Grapple With Educating Refugees

California now leads all other states in refugee resettlement, according to State Department figures. But San Diego County — which took in the most refugees in the state last fiscal year — has long been a destination for people escaping war or persecution in their home countries.

Donald Trump visits the site of Pickett's Charge, an ill-fated 1863 confederate assault, in Gettysburg, Pa.

A Civil War History Lesson On Trump's Visit To Gettysburg

Trump visited the site of Pickett's Charge, a failed Confederate assault on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

The San Diego County Water Authority has been upgrading its existing water storage facilities in an effort to decrease reliance on the Metropolitan Water Authority. This photo shows construction at the San Vicente Dam to remove the right crest of the dam to increase the size of the reservoir, November 2009.

San Diego Water Rate Dispute Continues, Expected To Go To California Supreme Court

Damages awarded to the San Diego County Water Authority in a long-running legal dispute over rates need to be recalculated, a panel of state appellate justices ruled Wednesday. Experts expect both sides to take the case to the state Supreme Court.

A photo provided by the Australian Safety Transport Bureau shows an airplane passenger whose headphones caught on fire midflight.

Woman's Headphones Caught Fire Midflight, Australian Authorities Say

On a flight from Beijing to Melbourne, a passenger's personal headphones caught fire while she was sleeping, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says.

A Civil War History Lesson On Trump's Visit To Gettysburg

Trump visited the site of Pickett's Charge, a failed Confederate assault on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg.

A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, as it was removed from its longtime resting place in New Orleans on Friday. Lee's statue was the last of four Confederate monuments to be removed under a 2015 City Council vote.

State Lawmaker: Sorry For Saying Confederate Statue Removers 'Should Be Lynched'

In a Facebook post over the weekend, Mississippi state Rep. Karl Oliver said New Orleans politicians "should be LYNCHED" for taking down the memorials. He took it back on Monday.

Common: Tiny Desk Concert At The White House

It was an offer we couldn't pass up: The veteran rapper fronting an all-star band at the White House, for the very first Tiny Desk Concert to take place outside NPR's offices.

President Trump listens during a meeting on health care at the White House on Monday. Trump's 2005 tax returns, which were revealed Tuesday, suggest he paid about $38 million in federal taxes that year.

In 2005, Trump Was Hit With A Tax That He Now Wants To Abolish

The alternative minimum tax was passed to target the ultrawealthy, but today it is more likely to affect the upper middle class.

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in April. On Tuesday, he announced he would not seek re-election.

Transcript: Sen. Jeff Flake Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election

The Arizona Republican decried current political discourse — including the "flagrant disregard for truth or decency" — in an address on the Senate floor on Tuesday.

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