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International terrorism expert Peter Bergen says al-Qaeda can overcome the assassination of its leader by a U.S. drone in downtown Kabul. Bergen assesses the Islamic fundamentalist movement that began changing history a half century ago.

"When I began doing Scientology, I was a drugged-out mess," the late actress wrote. "I understood hell—depression, anxiety, addiction, failure, and loss."

A new book exalts the heyday of music magazines, when electric prose reigned and egos collided.

Our experiences might offer a conversational road map at a time when many Americans have retreated into their own political and social tribes.

No matter how much we wish it, COVID, in its multiplying variants, is not going away. History instructs us that is not how plagues work.

Sheryl Crow and Joe Ely were inducted into the "Austin City Limits" Hall of Fame on Thursday with guests including Brandi Carlile and Jason Isbell.

A childrens music album from Joe Ely leads a list of October releases by Austin-area acts including Dayglow, Randy Rogers Band, Don Leady and Twain.

One in a handful of #MeToo cases playing out now in the courts pits moviemaker Paul Haggis against a publicist who alleges he raped her.

Delivered June 3, 2008 Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.: Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and the fifth Margaret Thatcher Freedom Lecture.

Law enforcement in Pulaski County investigated the deaths of 11 people as homicides in September, making the month the second-deadliest of 2022 so far in the county, trailing only April, when 15 deaths were reported as homicides.