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From the Danish modern furniture of the 1950s to the omnipresence of Ikea, Americans have long been attracted to the austere design of Nordic countries. Now a massive festival in Washington, D.C., showcases artists and designers from the very top sliver of the globe.

Cheetahs don't often hunt at their top speed, scientists are finding. Come mealtime, what matters most is the animals' ability to accelerate and to take tight corners.

Villanova and Kansas, both top seeds, will face each other while No. 11 Loyola-Chicago will play No. 3 Michigan on Saturday in the semifinals in San Antonio, Texas.

After failing to win a single gold medal across all track events leading into Saturday, the U.S. men's team dominated in the 4x400 meter relay's final heat to the top spot on the podium.

Fulton County’s incumbent judge-executive will be uncontested as he makes a run for this third term in the top county seat.

Gasoline prices jumped nearly 10 cents a gallon in the last week, and forecasters say that drivers could see even higher prices as summer approaches. Prices typically rise in anticipation of the summer driving season, but in 2004, it was mid-May before prices topped the $2 mark. This year, $2-a-gallon gas is but a distant reflection in the rearview mirror; it's $3 a gallon we seem to be closing in on.

Host Michele Norris reads from our listener's letters sent to us over the past week. The letters comment on our profile of the Baghdad neighborhood of Amiriya, Michele's conversation with Dr. Michael Saag, one of the top researchers for AIDS, our profile of black preachers leaving the Democratic party, and reactions to our review of Donald Knaack's opera, Odin.

The carried interest loophole was central to the debate over the Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Biden this week. It's part of a bigger story about a tax code riddled with loopholes.

Until 1974, presidents could take documents with them when they left office. Now every presidential document, from notebook doodles to top-secret security plans, belongs to the National Archives.

Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences as "America's little brother" on Eight Is Enough, has died. He was 54.