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The Food Network draws more viewers than any of the cable news channels, but Americans are actually cooking less than ever. Food-culture writer Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma) ponders the phenomenon.

Frank Deford bids farewell to the Ringling Brothers Circus and has some further thoughts on taking a final bow.

Mozart sold the most CDs of any artist in 2016. Quartz reporter Amy Wang says that figure can help shed light on the state of the recording industry.

The nation's first lighthouse turns 300 years old Wednesday. NPR takes a tour of Boston Light.

Retired Gen. John Kelly, the former boss of the U.S. Southern Command, would be the third former general picked by President-elect Trump.

The United Nations Security Council has made its choice for the next secretary general: Former Portuguese Prime Minister and former head of the U.N. refugee agency, Antonio Guterres.

More than 2,800 dogs competed at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Just one — a German shepherd named Rumor — walked away with Best in Show. But let's not forget to relish the pictures.

It's taking more time to get nominees for financial watchdog jobs in Washington, D.C., through the confirmation process, according to a study by the Bipartisan Policy Center.

He shared chemistry's top prize in 1996 for finding buckyballs, and had Lou Gehrig's disease when he died. Making art was his first love. "Remember your humanity," he said, "and forget the rest."

Brazil's first female president was suspended on Thursday, and the man replacing her quickly installed a new Cabinet that has no women.