Cultures
'Trombone Shorty,' 4 others receive $250,000 Heinz Awards
A musician known for his work to preserve the musical heritage of New Orleans and a civil rights attorney who has written about the mass incarceration of blacks in America are among five people being honored by the Heinz Family Foundation
UK lawmakers told to vacate crumbling Parliament for repairs
Britain's creaky, leaky Parliament buildings face "an impending crisis," and lawmakers will have to move out for the first time since World War II so repair work can be done, a report on the structure said Thursday
Indian-Americans, 'Horsetown USA' clash over building plans
A Southern California city striving to preserve its rural, equestrian lifestyle has denied a proposal for a Hindu cultural center
Wildfire blocking Yellowstone entrance smolders on
Firefighters working on steep hillsides are chopping down trees and searching for hotspots as they battle a wildfire that's blocking one of the entrances to Yellowstone National Park
National Park Service 'astonished' by scandals at Iowa site
A National Park Service report says the agency is "astonished" that superintendents at a Native American burial site in Iowa were able to break the law and damage its resources over two decades