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Composer John Luther Adams wrote his memoir, <em>Silences So Deep: Music, Solitude, Alaska</em>, based on the decades he spent living and working in the Arctic.

Composer John Luther Adams On The Arctic Sounds That Shaped His Work

The Pulitzer winner has released his first memoir, Silences So Deep: Music, Solitude, Alaska. It's a personal account of Adams' formative decades making art in the Artic.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the world's wealthiest person, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with a net worth of $182 billion. Four others also have fortunes over $100 billion. Here, Bezos speaks at a conference in 2018.

There's Rich, And Then There's Jeff Bezos Rich: Meet The World's Centibillionaires

The Amazon CEO and four other billionaires are part of the world's most exclusive club in the midst of the pandemic: those whose fortunes exceed $100 billion.

The founder of Johns Hopkins University was discovered to be a slaveowner in contradiction to the long-held narrative that the philanthropist was an abolitionist.

Johns Hopkins, Long Believed An Abolitionist, Actually Owned Slaves, University Says

Researchers found census records showing the entrepreneur and philanthropist owned slaves as late as 1850, contrary to the long-held belief that his family freed all slaves when he was a boy.

A vial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech that was used at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, U.K., on Tuesday.

U.S. Government May Find It Hard To Get More Doses Of Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine

A Pfizer board member says the government declined to buy more doses beyond the initial 100 million already agreed upon. Demand from other countries could complicate future purchases.

FDA Panel Will Weigh Benefits, Risks Of Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine

A federal advisory committee is evaluating Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. The Food and Drug Administration will weigh that input as it decides whether to grant emergency use for the vaccine.

Our annual <em>Hanukkah Lights </em>celebrates stories of the season.

Hanukkah Lights: 2020

Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz read new stories from authors Erica Landis, Magin LaSov Gregg, Anna Megdell, Mikhal Weiner and Lara Pasternak Robicheaux for our annual Hanukkah Lights special.

Pianist Harold Budd, seen here during a portrait session in 2011, died after contracting COVID-19.

Harold Budd's Music Was Heaven On Earth

The ambient composer and Brian Eno collaborator died this week at the age of 84 from complications brought on by COVID-19.

Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, addresses the state Senate during a special session on Wednesday, June 24, 2020.

Oregon Lawmakers Consider In-Person Special Session, As Coronavirus Rages

The idea of legislators meeting in Salem had appeared to be off the table, but consensus over a remote session has been elusive.

President Trump, shown here in Miami on Nov. 2, is driven by a quest for power, White House correspondent Maggie Haberman says. "Almost everything about Donald Trump for 50 years at this point has been about power and dominance," she says.

'It Is Roiling Him': Reporter Maggie Haberman Unpacks Trump's Refusal To Admit He Lost

"[Trump] can't handle the concept of the label 'loser,' " Haberman says. "He has never before encountered a problem that he couldn't sue away through the court system or spin away."

A man speaks with a Minneapolis Police officer at a crime scene on June 16. The Minneapolis City Council voted Thursday to shift $8 million in police funding to other services.

Minneapolis Shifts $8 Million In Police Funding, But Keeps Force At Current Level

The City Council votes to expand other services, including violence prevention and mental health crisis response teams. But, facing a veto threat, it rejects proposed cuts in the police force.

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