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'Betty' Casts A Quirky Light On Life After Breast Cancer

This graphic novel from creators Julie Rocheleau and Vero Cazot is a light, often zany story of a woman dealing with breast cancer that never loses its grounding in the real pain she's going through.

The Edna Karr High School marching band had fewer than 40 members four years ago. Today, more than 80 students are in the band.

At A New Orleans High School, Marching Band Is A Lifeline For Kids

Reporter Keith O'Brien spent a year following the Edna Karr High School marching band. Being a member is more than just a way to be popular; the band offers students a pathway to college.

JD McPherson's new album, <em>Let The Good Times Roll</em>, comes out Feb. 10.

First Listen: JD McPherson, 'Let The Good Times Roll'

Though his music honors mid-century sounds with laser precision, the Tulsa rocker takes so many little chances in his songs that they never sound like mere replicas.

In this May 5, 2018 photo, 30-year-old Haitian migrant Marie Toussaint gives a pedicure to a customer at her local beauty salon in downtown Tijuana, Mexico. Toussaint is one of the most successful Haitian migrants in Tijuana. She opened her beauty salon with money she loaned from an uncle in Los Angeles.

Tijuana's 'Little Haiti' Stalled But Migrants Planting Roots

Brightly colored clothes air from lines strung between rudimentary plywood-sided homes. Cinderblocks stacked chest-high form the skeletons of unfinished houses, and a pile of unused rebar lies in the dirt patio.

Trumpeter Clark Terry posing in 1991. Terry's wife announced Saturday that he had died at age 94.

Clark Terry, Acclaimed Jazz Trumpeter And Composer, Dies At 94

The famed musician was one of the most prolific recording artists in jazz and performed with such greats as Ella Fitzgerald and Quincy Jones in a career that spanned decades.

Interpol's new album, <em>El Pintor</em>, comes out on Sept. 9.

First Listen: Interpol, 'El Pintor'

The New York post-punk band has aged into its polished sound nicely, maintaining its influences (Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, et al) while sounding more distinct from them than ever.

Akua Dixon At Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

The multi-talented cellist leads her string ensemble in concert from the African-American neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, featuring her two children on voice and drums.

For the second time, Adele swept the major categories at the Grammys, winning Album, Song and Record of the Year.

2017 Grammy Awards: Adele Upsets Beyoncé, Chance Arrives, Politics Pop (Slightly)

Adele swept the major categories over Beyoncé, David Bowie posthumously won every award he was nominated for and the Grammys sometimes obliquely addressed a charged political climate.

A squid salad in Los Angeles. In California, squid is an economic driver of the seafood industry. Bit most of this squid is frozen and exported overseas to China to be processed and distributed across the globe.

In California, Squid Is Big Business. But Good Luck Eating Local Calamari

While the U.S. has a thriving squid industry, chances are the calamari you are eating made a 12,000-mile round trip before ending up on your dinner plate.

Labs are now churning out large white diamonds that are indistinguishable from those found in nature. The diamond on the left is lab-grown, while the uncut version of the one on the right was created by millions of years of intense pressure.

Lab-Grown Diamonds Come Into Their Own

Commercial labs can now make the large, clear diamonds people prize for engagement rings and other jewelry in as little as 72 hours. How will this change the diamond industry?

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