Scott Simon talks with singer Julia Fordham about collaborating with other artists and embracing her signature song "Manhattan Skyline" in the months following 9/11. She has a new recording called Concrete Love.
On the waterfront in Lucerne, Switzerland, soccer fans watched jumbo TVs showing a World Cup match played an ocean away. But the air felt more like the tropics.
Last Friday, residents and families of Fayette County’s Fort Spring welcomed visitors for a Juneteenth event spotlighting the historic Black hamlet. For many, it was an occasion to celebrate the community they have called home for generations.
The head of the U.N.'s nuclear agency has signaled that Iranian nuclear enrichment sites would be visited by his inspectors, a day after the U.S. and Iran offered contradictory remarks about the issue.
Congress has passed the largest housing affordability bill in decades. And all three candidates endorsed by New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani have won their primaries.