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A large, old building. The words "Baker City Hall" appear over the front entrance.

New Baker City Council attempts to split from its tumultuous past

A previous iteration of the council imploded in September after political acrimony and a wave of resignations left the city’s governing body with no members. The Baker County Board of Commissioners appointed new councilors in October, who faced one of their first challenges when they took action on a contentious public safety fee that helped tear apart the last council.

Rescuers on boats search in the Machchu river next to a cable bridge that collapsed in Morbi district, western Gujarat state, India.

The death toll soars past 130 from suspension bridge collapse in India

Hundreds of people plunged into the river when a bridge collapsed in the state of Gujarat. The bridge had recently reopened to the public after a renovation.

The past few weeks have revitalized debates across the country about what role Confederate monuments play in commemorating U.S. history.

What Our Monuments (Don't) Teach Us About Remembering The Past

A history professor who studies the politics of memory tells us what the United States can learn from how Germans remember their history.

Supreme Court Gives Honors Law Graduate With Criminal Past Second Chance

The Washington State Supreme Court has decided that it believes in second chances and rehabilitation in a case involving a former drug addict who...

An Egyptian family squeezes onto a motorbike in Cairo in this 2014 photo. After falling for decades, the country's birthrate has been rising in recent years. Egypt now has more than 90 million people, more than twice as many as any other Arab nation.

Egypt's Population Surges Past 90 Million, Straining Resources Of A Poor Nation

The economy is not growing fast enough to keep up. A mother of nine children talks about her failed efforts to control her family's growth or provide for her kids.

'Mortified': Step 1, Exhume Your Past; Step 2, Share With All

In the storytelling series Mortified, performers dig through old diaries and love notes to find a glimpse of their ridiculous, self-centered, pathetic and comical adolescent lives. Then they get onstage and share it with an audience of complete strangers.

Chicago Police Department Must Acknowledge Racist Past, Task Force Says

The Chicago Police Department needs to acknowledge its racist history and use of excessive force, and it needs a major overhaul in the way it investigates officers and holds police accountable. That's according to a scathing report from a task force appointed by the city's mayor to issue recommendations for sweeping reform.

LISTEN: 7 Blast-From-The-Past Clinton And Sanders Debate Moments

Both candidates have said they are running positive campaigns, but that could change in this week's debate. In the past, they have shown a willingness to turn tough on their opponents.

Poet Philip Levine (left) and saxophonist Benjamin Boone were both teaching at California State University, Fresno when they began working together on what would become <em>The Poetry Of Jazz.</em>

'Like A Jazz Musician': Past Poet Laureate Philip Levine's Posthumous LP

Before his death in 2015, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet collaborated with saxophonist Benjamin Boone in the recording studio. The results have finally been released as The Poetry Of Jazz.

A samba at Rio's Carnival will explore the city's African past and its Bantu people

One of Rio's most storied Samba schools will explore the "Pain and Passion" of the lives of the Bantu people in the city. Bantu people were the majority of Black people enslaved in Rio.

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