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Erin Morley (Eurydice), Joshua Hopkins (Orpheus) and Jakub Józef Orliński (Orpheus's Double) in Matthew Aucoin's Eurydice, at the Metropolitan Opera.

In 'Eurydice,' Matthew Aucoin and Sarah Ruhl recast opera's foundational myth

Composer, conductor and MacArthur "genius" Mathew Aucoin just debuted his opera, 'Eurydice,' at the Met. The new work reinterprets an ancient, archetypal myth from the perspective of its namesake.

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The top five video games of 2021 selected by the NPR staff

Our picks for best new games run from the humorous to the horrific (sometimes, both at once!), from tight single-player stories to sprawling online sandboxes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President Biden prior to the U.S.-Russia summit at the Villa La Grange in Geneva on June 16.

The White House wants to focus on China, but Russia continues to be a distraction

President Biden has worked to focus his foreign policy on China. But provocations from Russia keep pulling him away.

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate the Palm Sunday's mass in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican Sunday, April 2, 2023 a day after being discharged from the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, where he has been treated for bronchitis, The Vatican said.

Pope Francis has marked Palm Sunday in the Vatican square following his hospital stay

Pope Francis opened the celebration Mass in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday, presiding at his first ceremony after his hospital stay for bronchitis.

This is an artist's rendering of the James Webb Space Telescope. The kite-shaped sunshield is the largest component of the telescope.

Why the most powerful space telescope ever needs to be kept really, really cold

The James Webb Space Telescope will give a glimpse of the earliest galaxies formed after the Big Bang — but only if the telescope is kept frigid. That's why there's a tennis court-sized sunshield.

Amanda Shires, performing during the Americana Awards at Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 22, 2021 in Nashville.

Amanda Shires wants out 'For Christmas'

The fiddler, singer and songwriter's new Christmas album takes a realistic measure of the season.

Hallmark is the latest company to bank on digital video greetings as more consumers have gotten comfortable on camera. And for those who haven't? Experts say awkwardness can make the messages feel more genuine.

Are you ready for your close-up? Hallmark cards now come with video greetings

Some people who get cards this holiday season will need a smartphone to see what's inside. Hallmark is selling video greetings that make it easy to send montages of personalized videos.

Memorials hang from the front gate of Greenwood Cemetery during an event and procession organized by Naming the Lost Memorials to remember and celebrate the lives of those killed by the COVID-19 pandemic on June 8 in New York City.

COVID sent last year's U.S. death rate soaring, especially among people of color

Americans' life expectancy declined by nearly two years in 2020 compared to the year before, primarily because of COVID-19. The drop in life expectancy was bigger for men, and for Blacks and Latinos.

The telescope, shown during checkout tests in December 2020, before it was carefully packed up and sent to the launch site in French Guiana.

Christmas Eve telescope launch has astronomers hoping for good tidings of great joy

As they count down the hours to the highly anticipated launch of NASA's powerful, $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers hope for the best while fearing the worst.

A Waymo minivan moves along a city street during an autonomous vehicle ride on April 7 in Chandler, Ariz. Waymo, a unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., is one of several companies testing driverless vehicles in the U.S. Automakers are also developing self-driving technology, but it still requires human drivers to take over when required.

Cars are getting better at driving themselves, but you still can't sit back and nap

A lot of new cars can drive themselves down the middle of a lane and adjust speed to match traffic. Some even let you go hands-free at times. But they all require very close supervision.

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