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Discover a broad range of the year's best classical albums, from groundbreaking teenage percussionists and innovative opera singers to fierce orchestral composers and brainy pianists.

Our giveaway for Thursday, March 25th is a Fishing Kayak from Big Adventure!Enter by 6pm and you'll have a chance to win a Big Adventure Bonafide RS117…

Also: FBI officials say missing texts affiliated with the Russia investigation are recovered; Trump is sorry for retweeting anti-Muslim tweets; and French shoppers brawl over discounted Nutella.

This summer, three Iranian teens and their coach have traveled the US to train in Olympic-level kayaking skills. The women had to overcome not only their first big, wild water, but also political and cultural obstacles.

Pakistani authorities say they believe their troops have cornered Osama bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, near the Afghan-Pakistan border. Pakistani forces are engaged in a fierce battle there with tribal leaders and al Qaeda fighters. U.S. officials say they cannot confirm the reports. Hear NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Though more Republican-held seats are up for grabs in November, Democratic struggles mean the GOP has improved its likelihood to take control of the Senate. Here are the key contests to watch.

Neither the U.S. nor China publicly announced the meeting in advance and it was not clear which side had proposed it.

An escalation of fighting around the Strait of Hormuz pushes the benchmark price of crude oil back above $100 per barrel. That's leading to higher prices at the gas pump, just ahead of a high-profile inflation report.

We’re looking forward to the full-length albums coming this summer from these three greats. We’ll hear a song of gratitude from Ruthie Foster’s Just Say Yes album coming out August 28th on Sun Records; the title track from Nashville-by-way-of-Pennsylvania singer/songwriter and former Stray Bird Maya de Vitry; and the first single from Boone native Maura Shawn Scanlin, who has a wonderful Celtic-based fiddle album coming July 22nd that also features John Doyle and Duncan Wickel.