After two decades of research and experimentation, listeners at Cambridge University were the first to hear a repertory of songs that have not been played for 1,000 years. Dr. Sam Barrett was the researcher that helped bring the music to life...

Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan surprised many, issuing a statement on North Carolina’s HB2, the law that many regard as a a “hate statute,” which allows discrimination against members of the LGBT community. “As my organization has...

The office of Attorney General Ken Paxton is formally defending his decision to continue paying two high-level staffers after they resigned, saying Paxton “acted in a compassionate, legal, and ethical manner.” In an op-ed submitted...

A North Dakota graphics company has refused service to a gay-friendly church, which was asking the company to create a rainbow design. The Bismarck Tribune reported that St. Mark’s Lutheran Church approached Custom Graphics Inc. in Fargo...

After Hillary Clinton won four out five states Bernie Sanders released the following statement: The people in every state in this country should have the right to determine who they want as president and what the agenda of the Democratic Party...

Maine’s Republican governor threw a temper tantrum after he was confronted by protesters during an event at a university. Gov. Paul LePage reacted angrily when students held up signs criticizing him and his policies during a speech Tuesday...

A New Orleans judge on Wednesday sentenced real estate scion Robert Durst to seven years in prison for a federal gun crime and agreed to recommend that he serve his time in a California prison. Durst, 73, faces a murder charge in California for...

The United Methodist Church confirmed this week that it was investigating a formal complaint against at least one North Carolina pastor for officiating same-sex weddings. In response to North Carolina’s HB2 law against transgender bathroom...

A 26-year-old Wisconsin woman was shot and killed in her car by her 2-year-old son on Tuesday morning in Milwaukee. According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Patrice Price, a mother of three, was driving her boyfriend’s car at around...

Ethics complaints have been filed against the attorney representing Ammon Bundy, who in January led an armed take-over of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, Oregon Public Broadcasting reports. The complaints were filed with the Oregon State...

A bug in Facebook’s anti-spam algorithm has been accidentally suspending groups on the social network, sparking anger from the groups’ founders and conspiracy theories from some of their followers. On Monday night, six pro-Bernie Sanders groups...

A Michigan teacher said she was fired for using the noun to describe female genitals multiple times during a classroom discussion about the artist Georgia O’Keeffe. Allison Wint, who had been substitute teaching at Harper Creek Middle...

Three people were killed and one critically wounded in shootings early on Wednesday in north-central Mississippi, a Mississippi Bureau of Investigation official said. Multiple crime scenes are involved in the shootings in Montgomery County,...

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert arrived at a Chicago court on Wednesday where he could be sentenced to up to five years in prison for a financial crime related to accusations of sex abuse when he was a high school wrestling coach decades...

Sen. John McCain’s re-election fundraisers all list the same name as the RSVP contact, but that name also showed up as a person arrested during the bust of a meth lab Tuesday. In Maricopa County, Arizona, sheriff’s deputies made...