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The city of Chicago has one more thing to boast about: Its hometown orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, has been named America's top orchestra in a new critics' poll published in the venerable British magazine Gramophone.

Tweeter @EstrellaSibila expresses her frustration with fellow Baslers:

...and we're all invited. Five of America's best known chefs drop by with some very special contributions.

are pressuring Television stations to take their opposition's allegedly false campaign ads off the air.

In local elections in Great Britain, Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labor Party suffers some significant losses in what analysts see as a "protest vote" against Blair's support for the war in Iraq. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and John Rentoul, chief political columnist for Britain's Sunday Independent newspaper.

At a South Carolina steakhouse over Memorial Day weekend, the comic actor told friends of a groom that if they find love themselves, they should test it by going on a trip around the world.

Corbyn's selection to lead the party once headed by centrist Tony Blair is viewed as part of a trend toward more liberal leanings in Europe.

TV critic David Bianculli says that he's encouraged by how far TV has come. He picks The Good Wife as the best show of 2014, having "the deepest roster of really strong regulars and guest stars."

A man threw firebombs into the headquarters of Japan’s ruling party in Tokyo, then crashed his car into the fencing of the prime minister's residence, police said. There were no reported injuries.

On the first night of the Democratic National Convention, party members held a watch party in North Carolina. Due to pandemic restrictions, you could count the attendees on one hand.

While Bob Dole was the kind of conservative who could cut deals with Democrats, that's exactly the kind of image that doesn't work in GOP primaries anymore.

Zimbabwe's constitutional court must rule by Friday on a challenge to last month's historic presidential elections. The opposition claims "gross mathematical errors" in the victory by the ruling party incumbent.

Tom Railsback, a former Republican representative from Illinois who died this week at age 87, played a memorable role in the impeachment process of President Richard Nixon.

The various music styles of Eastern Europe's Roma people, formerly known as gypsies, have become favorites with audiences around the world. Milo Miles says no group does a better job of blending tradition with innovation than the ensemble led by Boban Markovic and his son Marko.

In a big shake up of Greenland's political landscape, a pro-business opposition party is the surprise winner in the country's election. The party favors a slow approach to gaining independence.

Newt Gingrich was forced to defend his record as House speaker and later as a consultant to mortgage giant Freddie Mac during Monday night's GOP presidential debate in Tampa, Fla. And he said he was the type of bold, tough leader Washington needs. That's the part of his record that appeals to many of his supporters in the Tea Party.

Turkish voters selected the long governing AK Party back into power in surprise election results Sunday. President Erdogan called it a vote for stability, and the push for a new constitution — one that would give the increasingly authoritarian Erdogan more powers — is back on the agenda.

A year after the release of a Republican Party report on what went wrong in 2012, party leaders say they have better data collection and outreach. Immigration reform, however, remains a thorny issue.

Many of Donald Trump's policy proposals stray from the traditional GOP playbook, and his unorthodox ways have a lot of Republicans asking big questions about their party's future.

New Nielsen TV ratings show a surprising winner for July: YouTube. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Lucas Shaw of Bloomberg News about what that might mean for the industry.