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Over a 60-year career, Zawinul embraced many types of jazz, but came to define the style known as jazz-fusion with his influential band Weather Report, and its 1977 hit "Birdland." Zawinul died of cancer early Tuesday.

More than 100 Buddhist monks march peacefully in northern Myanmar in the first such public demonstration since the country's military regime launched a bloody crackdown last month on pro-democracy activists.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The local government also says it will suspend plans for a city-wide mass-testing exercise.

A Federal Reserve panel leaves the federal funds rate unchanged at 5.25 percent -- a move that temporarily halts more than two years of incremental rate hikes.

Three more British men arrested in the plot to blow up American-bound airliners have been arraigned and denied bail. Of the two dozen people originally arrested in the plot, fifteen are facing charges. Five others remain in custody for further questioning.

Just as the Mister Softee jingle emanating from ice cream trucks provides the soundtrack for many a summer memory, so do the icy treats it advertises mean "summer food" for many listeners. We hear stories of "water ice," frosty chocolate malts and peach milk shakes.

A judge denies former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's request to remain free from prison while pending his appeal in the CIA leak case. Libby has been sentenced to 30 months.

For more than 30 years, foreign editor Loren Jenkins has returned to La Chiusa in the Tuscan hill town of Montefollonico for conviviality and fine Italian cuisine. Try the tasting menu of small plates — and try to stay the night, he advises.

People around the country react to predictions in the journal Science about climate change and the American Southwest.