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Joni Mitchell sings, steals show with surprise Newport Folk Festival concert

The iconic singer-songwriter performed her first public full-length show anywhere since 2000, with a little help from Brandi Carlile.

Michael Luttig, a retired federal judge who was an adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence, testifies at a Jan. 6 committee hearing in June 2022.

He followed strict rules as a judge and wants Supreme Court justices to do the same

Retired federal Judge Michael Luttig says he wouldn't even accept baseball tickets in his years on the bench: "I believe that federal judges should essentially live like priests or saints or monks."

Missy Mazzoli's new album, <em>Dark with Excessive Bright</em>, features the composer's orchestral compositions.

Missy Mazzoli is a symphonic composer with a photographer's eye

On her new album, Dark with Excessive Bright, the vibrant, young composer coaxes unusual sounds from a symphony orchestra.

Oleh Pokrovsky helps man a small checkpoint on a bumpy road leading to his village. "The privilege that we have of sitting here at this checkpoint is thanks directly to those who are enlisted in the military and are defending Ukraine's borders," he says. "If it weren't for them, then this would be under Russian occupation right now."

Far from the front lines, Ukrainians guard checkpoints and wait for the war to come

Checkpoints have sprung up across Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Men at a checkpoint near Lviv have Molotov cocktails ready. Even hundreds of miles from the battles, the war hangs over everything.

<em></em>Flags at the Washington Monument commemorate Americans who died from COVID-19. In 2021, life expectancy in the U.S. fell for the second year in a row.

Life expectancy in the U.S. continues to drop, driven by COVID-19

Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is the biggest drop since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data.

When computer science major Elijah Love got the bill for his summer classes, he learned the credits were free. His school, North Carolina A&T State University, used federal COVID relief funding to pay for them.

HBCUs got a windfall of federal COVID relief. Here's how colleges are spending it

Historically Black colleges and universities are using federal COVID relief funds to cancel student debt, upgrade campus infrastructure and retain students who struggle because of financial barriers.

Rep. Nancy Mace speaks to reporters as she leaves the U.S. Capitol Building on January 27, 2023.

This GOP member is urging for action on gun control and abortion rights

Rep. Nancy Mace isn't convinced about some of the stances her party is taking. And she's already facing blowback for it.

2022 Year in Review: Michigan stories you may have missed

A lot of big news happened this year across the state of Michigan. It may have been hard to keep up. We've rounded up some of the 2022's major stories.

Firefighters work in the rubble of a building in Kyiv on Monday.

The capital of Ukraine reels from second Russian attack this month

At least four people were killed and at least four others have been hospitalized from the drone strike Monday morning.

UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr., right, tries to get by Southern California forward Isaiah Mobley during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on March 5, 2022, in Los Angeles.

The Big Ten approves adding 2 iconic California brands: UCLA and USC

The move, planned for 2024, would make the Big Ten the first college athletics conference to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

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