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  • Civil rights protesters argue Jena, La., school and law enforcement officials are dealing out harsh justice to the African-American teens for a schoolyard fight while overlooking their white counterparts who hung nooses to intimidate the black teens.
  • The sheer volume of loss felt by the music world in 2020 is almost overwhelming. Here is NPR's tribute to dozens of the musicians — founders and innovators across genres — who died this year.
  • What happens when an artist you count on to be one way suddenly isn't? For writer Hanif Abdurraquib, appreciating the left-turn album The Center Won't Hold has meant letting go of years of nostalgia.
  • Ex-President Evo Morales continues to influence politics from exile in Mexico City as the interim president moves toward new elections. The death toll has risen to 30 in the post-election violence.
  • The subpoena requires the former president to produce documents by Nov. 4 and to appear for testimony on or about Nov. 14.
  • Federal Donuts owner Felicia D'Ambrosio and chef Matt Fein have been busy serving up 13 flavors of doughnuts, one for each of the 13 nights Phish is headlining Madison Square Garden.
  • On Friday in Austin, Texas, full-throttle music consumption and overwhelming crowds battled to a exhausting, exhilarating draw.
  • The University of Alaska develops plans for employee furloughs in case it temporarily and unexpectedly runs out of money.The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health…
  • The lead singer of the popular Irish band died suddenly Monday in London. The Westminster coroner said on Friday that it is awaiting test results, and has adjourned its hearing until April 3.
  • An all-women rock band before Fanny or The Runaways, Ace of Cups shared the same San Francisco stages as Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead, but never made an album — until now.
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