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Teresita Gómez learned piano in secret at the exclusive fine arts school where her parents worked. She's now a celebrated classical pianist and a longtime promoter of music by Colombian composers.

More has been revealed more about the police response to last month's school shooting in Uvalde. A top law enforcement official called it an "abject failure" and laid out mistakes made the day.

As a former college basketball player, I know firsthand how hard the players work to stay in the tournament for as long as possible. Here's why you should fill out a March Madness bracket this season.

OPEC and its allies plan to slash oil output by 2 million barrels a day to prop up oil prices. Gasoline prices are rising again in the U.S., but the effects vary in different parts of the country.

Bobby McIlvaine was killed on 9/11 at age 26. The Atlantic writer Jennifer Senior, who knew him, read his diaries. They were the basis for a Pulitzer Prize-winning essay that she's turned into a book.

Lawmakers and election officials are feeling significantly more threatened this week after the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul in their San Franciso home.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Colorado Springs Mayor-elect Yemi Mobolade about his victory in Tuesday's election. He's the first Black person to be elected mayor there.

NPR's Juana summers talks with former Congressman Barney Frank about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the Dodd-Frank rollback of 2018.

US employers added over 500 thousand jobs last month, far more than forecasters expected. The unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in more than 53 years, and President Biden is taking credit.

Soccer fans are saying goodbye to Pelé, the master of the game. After a 24-hour long wake in Santos, Brazil, his coffin was paraded around the city. Pelé will now be buried in his final resting place.