Новости за 11.12.2015

Watch the Twin Cities alt-country band play "Quiet Corners And Empty Spaces" from an upcoming album.

Preview the beloved Twin Cities alt-country band's new album, due out in the spring.

The state is the first to get federal permission to use Medicaid funds to pay for residential treatment for people battling addictions. The goal: get people healthy and save on other medical costs.

Two Afghan men who had been training with the U.S. military at a base in Georgia did not report for training on Monday. Officials searching for the men say there is no evidence they pose a threat.

Composer and librettist Mark Adamo set out to write an emotionally honest opera about the commercialism of the Christmas season.

Russia opposes the Islamic State, but supports Syria's Bashar Assad. Now Moscow says its military is providing weapons and supplies to Western-backed, anti-Assad forces on the frontlines against ISIS.

Bartenders are finding novel ways to reuse leftover wine and spent ingredients from cocktail-making. It's just one part of a nascent movement toward sustainability in the industry.

Sipping on rum punch at the office party may be festive, but too much alcohol can lead to behavior that might embarrass you later. Read our tips on staying in control and take our survey.

Many large businesses accept climate change. That creates another challenge - a split with many Republican allies in Congress who are still fighting the debate over climate science.

Luka Bloom and Karan Casey are best known for their folk songs, but they also work with jazz artists to craft a different style of music.

Delegates from nearly 200 countries will continue to talk past the original Friday night deadline, and hope to have an agreement Saturday. Conflicts over money and oversight remain as sticking points.

The Denver band's mysteriously swirling music isn't jazz or rock, classical or electronica. Instead, it's something singular, new and adventurous.

The two chemical giants will temporarily form a $130 billion firm (called DowDuPont) before splitting into three separate companies: agriculture, materials and specialty products.

U.K. Defense Secretary Michael Fallon tells NPR that he has insisted on personally signing off before Royal Air Force Tornado warplanes strike any target in the campaign against ISIS.

It's a good-news trend in public health: teens and young adults are less likely to drive while impaired than they were 12 years ago. But the study didn't ask specifically about marijuana.

Producers of poultry, cattle and pigs continue to use more antibiotics, according to the latest government data. That's despite more pledges from food companies to sell meat raised without the drugs.

Is renewable energy expensive or cheap? This is a question being debated in Paris this week. Though there's no simple answer, in South Africa the verdict is in — and it's a surprising one.

Multimedia artist Shannon Collis directs a satisfyingly soothing video for the drone duo's song "Ruminants," in the process truly visualizing its quiet, ever-shifting layers of sound.

Watch the genre-defying Atlanta musician perform "Friends" live in an L.A. studio.

A judge has granted New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman's request to bar fantasy sports sites FanDuel and DraftKings from operating in the state.

When most people think wine, they think centuries-old vineyards, not goofy puns and inviting labels. Nor do they necessarily think of black winemakers. André Mack wants to change all that.

Daniel Holtzclaw, 29, was charged with sexually assaulting 13 black women. He was found guilty by an all-white jury and now risks a life sentence in prison.

Hear a deceptive take on the winter blues by way of a versatile choir, a young New York composer and a 150-year-old poem by Longfellow.

Kenny Barron, Fred Hersch, Carmen Staaf and Joey Alexander — a roster whose ages span more than 60 years — play solo renditions of their holiday favorites at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

From an American techno traditionalist to an omnivorous Norwegian wanderer, from ambient Canadian soundscapes to the Lisbon club scene, our favorite electronic albums of 2015 cross many borders.