Music
An extended goodbye in Johannesburg as the trip wraps up with an emotional finale
Powerful lessons learned, the musicians look back and look forward. But next stop: home.
St. Paul
Macalester remembers alum Kofi Annan
Annan completed his undergrad work at the St. Paul college in 1961.
World
Clues begin to emerge in Maduro assassination attempt
Venezuelan government releases audio recordings of alleged conspirators.
World
Nationalist party could deliver Sweden's biggest political upheaval in a century
The Sweden Democrats trace their roots back to the country's neo-Nazi, white supremacist fringe.
Inspired
Robbinsdale woman travels to the world's poorest countries, bearing one simple gift
Ceallaigh Anderson Smart runs a charity with an unusual focus: traveling to impoverished countries to make photo portraits of people who don't have any pictures of their own.
Music
Minnesota Orchestra crosses divide between South Africa's grand halls and shantytowns
A quarter-century after the end of apartheid, South Africa is still grappling with massive income and wealth gaps that fall along racial lines.
Music
In teaching young South African talents, Minn. Orchestra musicians find their own inspiration
While encouraging young South African talents, Minnesota Orchestra musicians are finding inspiration of their own.
Music
Musicians make a grim pilgrimage to Mandela's prison cell: 'I know I don't have that strength'
A former prisoner led the grim trek through Robben Island, where South Africa's future president spent 18 years.
Music
Touring involves a 1,000-mile, high-stakes truck ride with precious cargo
Some of the instruments also need their own kind of visas to travel.
Music
Minnesota Chorale joins voices with South African singers: 'It's magic all the way'
Minnesota Chorale loosens up, while the South Africans get a lesson in German.
World
Drone footage shows extent of Genoa bridge collapse
Excavators began clearing large sections of the collapsed highway bridge in the Italian port city on the Mediterranean Sea, searching for people still missing three days after the deadly collapse.
World
Israel delivers more than 10 tons of Palestinian mail – 8 years late
The mail will take at least four weeks to deliver, a process that would begin after the Eid al-Adha holiday later this month.
World
Paris introduces outdoor urinals with scenic views
Parisian leaders are trying to tackle a problem that is evident to anyone who has ever tried to catch a glimpse of a historic site in the historic city.
Italian bridge collapse sends cars plunging, killing 26
A 51-year-old highway bridge in the Italian port city of Genoa collapsed in a driving rain Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and injuring 15 others as it sent dozens of vehicles tumbling into a heap of concrete and twisted steel.
World
Video shows deadly bridge collapse, aftermath in Italy
A bridge on a main highway linking Italy with France collapsed in Genoa, Italy, during a sudden, violent storm, killing at least 25.
Inspired
Kids with physical challenges thrill with modified toy cars
The cars had been modified for a handful of kids who have difficulties standing or walking independently, to give them a chance to be mobile and independent.
Music
At a historic concert in Cape Town, music echoes the words of Nelson Mandela
During a rousing, sold-out start for the Minnesota Orchestra in South Africa, the former president's words were sung by a soaring soprano.
Music
'Music became a weapon against apartheid,' Mandela's daughter says as orchestra previews its program
"We're not in Kansas anymore, are we?" joked the evening's host, Brian Newhouse of Classical MPR, after the drums had quieted and the applause died down.
Shooting in Canadian city leaves 4 dead, including 2 police
A shooting in a small Canadian city Friday that left four people dead, including two police officers who were responding to a call of shots fired, struck a nerve in a country that has been roiled in recent months by several instances of mass violence.
World
Rare week-old rhino frolicks at British Zoo
Baby rhino Malindi, born last week at Chester Zoo in the UK, was seen playing outside on Wednesday for the first time since his birth.
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