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Though the FDA narrowed criteria for the shots, many people still want them, to avoid illness and protect vulnerable family members. Some are turned down at the pharmacy or have to jump through hoops.(Image credit: Therese McRae; Stephan Neidenbach; and Jason Mitton)

The firing of Kevin Struthers is the latest in a line of dismissals and resignations at the D.C. arts behemoth.(Image credit: Ron Blunt)

The change will allow certain nominees to be confirmed in groups rather than by individual vote. It follows months of GOP complaints that Democrats were dragging out the confirmation process.(Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)

For the first time ever, a non-Champagne has won a prestigious international award for best sparkling wine. Ari Shapiro talks with head winemaker of England's Nyetimber, Cherie Spriggs, about the win.

Steve Alcala, a music teacher and trumpet player, fell in love with Latin Jazz, but very little sheet music was available to help his students learn. So he started a sheet music publishing company.

A Czech playwright introduced the word to English in the 1920s. But back then, it wasn't analogous to machinery. New interpretations of the robot reflect a modernity once skewered by the writer.(Image credit: Mike Stewart)

The sequel to 1984's classic "mockumentary" is much less focused on skewering the music industry than its predecessor. Continue reading…

"I always sang it as a song of empowerment," Benatar explains, "but this took on a whole other life that night." Continue reading…

From Demi Moore’s groundbreaking pregnancy portrait to Janet Jackson’s provocative Rolling Stone cover — and even "Bat Boy" makes an appearance — these unforgettable ’80s and ’90s magazine moments defined pop culture and captured an era before the internet took over. Continue reading…

Warrant's second album defied the sophomore jinx, but there would be a larger price to pay later on. Continue reading…