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The city of Chicago has one more thing to boast about: Its hometown orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, has been named America's top orchestra in a new critics' poll published in the venerable British magazine Gramophone.

For 10 days, they sing, dance, chant and pray at the feet of Ganesh statues, then submerge them in water. The festival was once used to circumvent British rule.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with No Labels co-founder Holly Page about the group's announcement that it won't field a candidate in this year's presidential election.

Politics is never far from controversy — be it Supreme Court rulings, guns or terrorist attacks, like the one in Paris. President Obama — and the candidates trying to replace him — all weighed in.

In this special edition of And Another Thing, Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern marks the first anniversary of the riot in the U.S. Capitol with this inside account of the events of that day. He also offers his take on the investigation and how he believes the actions that day may shape the country’s future.

It's the latest win for far-right populists in Europe, prompting fears that democratic institutions could erode on the continent.

Following the Iowa caucuses meltdown, the organizers of the Nevada caucuses are working to make sure their presidential contest goes off smoothly.

Japan's ruling party scored its biggest electoral win in its seven-decade history Sunday, due mostly to the popularity of its first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.

Zimbabwe's constitutional court must rule by Friday on a challenge to last month's historic presidential elections. The opposition claims "gross mathematical errors" in the victory by the ruling party incumbent.

Tennessee has one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations in the country and immigration has become wedge issue in the closely watched race for an open senate seat.