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  • 'We Don't Talk About Bruno,' the surprise hit from Disney's 'Encanto'
    Pop Culture Happy Hour's Glen Weldon talks about the chart topping success of the song "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from the new Disney film Encanto.
  • Ravitch: Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching
    Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch explains why she was once an early advocate of No Child Left Behind, school vouchers and charter schools — and what changed her mind.
  • In <em>Play Like You Mean It</em>, New York Jets coach Rex Ryan describes how his passion for football led him to pursue a coaching career.
    In Football And Life, Ryan Plays Like He Means It
    Rex Ryan, the head coach of the New York Jets, has been called a lot of things: boastful, brash, profane and even fat. But one thing you can't call him is ineffective. In his new book, Play Like You Mean It, Ryan writes about his journey to the top.
  • Jimmy Webb: From 'Phoenix' To 'Just Across The River'
    The songwriter talks about some of his greatest hits, including "MacArthur Park" and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix." His latest album, Just Across the River, features a series of duets with some of the singers he wrote for, including Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams and Vince Gill.
  • Spanish musician and composer Pablo Casals, playing the cello in 1936.
    Robert Johnson And Pablo Casals' Game-Changers Turn 75
    Two hugely important recordings, made by pivotal musicians an ocean apart, were made on the same day in 1936.
  • Despite recent controversies, in many minds, Michael Jackson will always be considered a pop genius.
    Michael Jackson: Life Of A Pop Icon
    He was a child star, an international icon, a running late-night talk show joke. But in his prime, his overbearing talent and ambition made him a musical genius. He was 50 years old when he died.
  • Law enforcement agents raid a home where the occupants are suspected of selling drugs last month in Middletown, N.Y. For three months, court papers say, authorities tracked them using wiretaps and cameras set up on telephone poles and trees.
    As Gangs Move To New York Suburbs, So Does Crime
    The sheer number of law enforcement officers makes it hard for big gangs to meet openly in New York City the way they did back in the 1980s, so many gang members who have left state prison have migrated north. Authorities say they brought shootings and stabbings with them.
  • Dutch Architects Plan for a Floating Future
    Architects in Holland are showing the rest of the world a way of turning adversity into opportunity. Instead of building around rising waters, they ask, why not build on water? Floating houses, gardens, even villages are the future vision of some Dutch planners.
  • Gesine Bullock-Prado's "Mittens The Cat Cake" takes a few days to make — but she says it's worth it.
    Good Luck Keeping Your Paws Off 'Mittens The Cat Cake'
    The story behind Gesine Bullock-Prado's elaborate chocolate-marzipan-pumpkin-mousse cake involves her late mother and a rescue cat.
  • Petraeus, Crocker Brief Congress on 'Surge'
    Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, joins U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker for long-awaited testimony before Congress. Petraeus, in particular, pointed to progress he associated with a so-called troop surge.
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