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The alluvial plain that is the Mississippi Delta was once home to a thriving cotton plantation economy. But the decline of manual labor and exodus of manufacturing jobs have made difficult conditions worse in one of the nation's poorest regions.

Danica Patrick, 23, became an instant celebrity when she qualified for this Sunday's Indianapolis 500. Patrick is just the fourth woman to qualify for the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" -- but unlike her predecessors, experts say she has a real shot at winning.

Six finalists competed in the competition in Fort Worth, Texas, including two from Russia and one from Ukraine. An 18-year-old South Korean was the youngest to win in the contest's 60-year history.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision ordering Maine to pay tuition for rural students at private religious schools has far-reaching consequences beyond the state.

The government is settling a case that will grant billions in debt relief to students, many of them veterans, who say unscrupulous colleges cheated them into overpaying for useless degrees.

The iconic clock in Prague's Old Town Square was renovated in 2018. Four years later, a local preservation group noticed something off about the refurbishment.

Walter Hyatt's widow, Heidi, has finished one of her husband's last albums. The singer-songwriter who inspired Lyle Lovett and Nancy Griffith left more than 40 tracks behind when he died in a plane crash in 1996. Some Unfinished Business showcases the variety of styles that Hyatt played and wrote.

The 26-year-old classically trained pianist tackles Rachmaninov's dense and intimidating "Concerto No. 3" in a new recording. The musician says she hears a connection between the challenging piece and improvisations from the late Art Tatum.

Moran's new album, Ten, is like a stack of progress reports -- on his personal growth as pianist and as a composer, on the development of a trio with stable personnel for a decade, and on how jazz itself has progressed over the last 10 years.

On Orange, an album devoted entirely to her work, the young, Pulitzer-winning composer salutes a centuries-old genre.