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Arlington National Cemetery has removed historical sections about prominent African-American, Hispanic and female veterans from its website.

"Scratch and Win" is a new WGBH News podcast about how a bunch of Massachusetts state bureaucrats set out to beat the mob at its own game — and ended up creating a $100 billion dollar obsession.

Lady Gaga returned to pop music when she released "Mayhem" last week. NPR Music's Hazel Cills talks to Rob Schmitz about the album.

House Democrats trumpeted unity at their annual retreat only to be blindsided by their Senate counterparts who gave critical votes to pass a Republican spending bill.

The state of New York was short on corrections officers before a strike among their ranks. The governor is now barring 2,000 strikers from returning to work.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar, two authors who are also best friends on a driving tour of the Bay area.