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An East Village newsstand of <em>T</em><em>he Voice</em>, which is ending its print edition after 62 years. Its final publication date has yet to be finalized.

Former Village Voice Editors And Writers Remember Its Outsized Impact On Music

The Village Voice announced it would be ending its era of print — here, 11 former music editors and writers remember their time within its prickly, hallowed halls.

Views From: Germany's Küchwaldrauschen Festival

German artist Anna Haifisch shares the view from Karl Marx City's Küchwaldrauschen Festival, the first in a series from illustrators around the world documenting their music festival experiences.

Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs, is also home to one of the few scoreboards still operated by hand.

Inside Wrigley Field, The Scorekeepers Stay True To Baseball's Beginnings

The home of the Chicago Cubs is also home to a living relic: one of the few remaining vintage scoreboards operated by hand.

This illustration photo taken in Los Angeles on April 20, 2023, shows Elon Musk's account on a smartphone. Under Musk as CEO, Twitter has changed how it labels accounts.

Twitter removes all labels about government ties from NPR and other outlets

The social media platform also dropped the "state-affiliated" label from propaganda outlets in Russia and China.

For a few days, DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., was transformed into a competitive robotics arena, where teenagers from 157 countries gathered for the First Global Challenge.

What Really Happened At That Robotics Competition You've Heard So Much About

The controversy surrounding a highly anticipated robotics competition for teens from around the globe sometimes overshadowed an otherwise upbeat event focused on kids, robots and changing the world.

Ronald Chavez Hassan leads kids in a trust walk at the Muslim Youth Camp of California. He has been a teacher at the camp for 25 years.

Between Swimming And S'mores, Young Muslim Campers Learn To Cope With Rising Hate

The 55-year-old Muslim Youth Camp is taking on new meaning as a temporary respite for today's new generation in the current political climate.

Al-Salam mosque in Houston opened its doors and offered shelter during Hurricane Harvey. The doors have paper signs taped to them directing people to the shelter area.

At Al-Salam Mosque In Houston, All Are Welcome

A day after the hurricane hit Houston, Al-Salam mosque in Houston welcomed people displaced by flooding. "I'm Catholic and my husband is Jewish, but it is beyond all that," says one volunteer.

The work built by French artist JR peers over the U.S.-Mexico border at Tecate, Calif., earlier this week.

As Boy Peers Curiously Over Border Wall, His Artist Asks: 'What Is He Thinking?'

JR, a French street artist, hasn't answered that question — and that's the point. His massive artwork on the border, which coincided with the decision to rescind DACA, is the "start of a discussion."

In the upper reaches of the northern state of Uttarakhand, small villages are rain- and snow-fed. As snowfall has declined, farmers are starting to plant crops in winter, when fields would usually lie fallow.

As India's Climate Changes, Farmers In The North Experiment With New Crops

Farmers are starting to grow new crops in winter, when their fields usually lie fallow. Meanwhile, air pollution, which contributes to climate change, is weakening India's solar energy production.

Whitlee Hurd, the mother of five children, walks through her damaged home in northeast Houston. "This is my child's room but I can't have them sleep here now because the window is open," she says. "We told the maintenance man but he won't help us."

In Houston, Floods Push Impoverished Residents Into Crisis

Poor neighborhoods on the northeast side were hit hard by the storm. But residents say they received little help evacuating, and now they are struggling to get basics: food, water and information.

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