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The raucous singer turns thoughtful on his new album. Critic Ken Tucker calls Upland Stories a "marvelous mongrel mixture" of bluegrass banjo-picking, honky-tonk pedal steel and stark folk phrasings.

Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders had big Wisconsin wins, but they were also fairly predictable based on demographics. Do demographics suggest Wisconsin was an outlier or a turning point?

Mississippi now has one of the broadest "religious freedom" laws in the country. But critics call it the most sweeping anti-LGBT law in the country.

A California mall straddles the border between two cities — and the minimum wage is higher on one side.

New York, the fourth state to offer paid leave, will cover 12 weeks of leave — twice what other states offer. San Francisco, meanwhile, becomes the first city to require fully paid parental leave.

Lead, the "useful metal," was the pride of the Romans. For the last 5,000 years, it was used in products ranging from water pipes and makeup to wine — until we discovered how poisonous it is.

"The World According to Sound" podcast brings us to Southern California near the Salton Sea where unique geothermal conditions allow for "mud pots" — caldrons of thick, muddy water bubbling with the release of hot water and gas from deep underground.

A former coal executive was sentenced Wednesday to a year in prison and fined $250,000. In December, ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was found guilty of conspiring to violate federal mine safety laws.

The Obama administration issued a new rule designed to safeguard retirement savings from costly and misguided investment advice. Some parts of the financial industry worked hard to block the rule, but it survived.

Donald Trump is looking to rebound from a big loss in Wisconsin with a big win in his home state of New York, where many voters near the Great Lakes have seen job losses in manufacturing.