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A center that studies economic trends at UVA is out with a report suggesting 2026 could be a tough year for Virginia.

Republican Glenn Youngkin campaigned on a platform of cutting taxes, and now he's working with Republicans in the General Assembly to eliminate the grocery tax, press the pause button on a gas tax increase, double the standard deduction and give one-time rebates.

Lusia Harris was the only woman to be officially drafted to the NBA. She turned the NBA down in 1977. Harris scored the first points in Olympic women's basketball history.

It's hard to imagine a graduation ceremony without Pomp and Circumstance. Music commentator Miles Hoffman stops by Morning Edition to explore the famous processional, which was by Sir Edward Elgar (left), and other marches of the season.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Lulu Garcia-Navarro challenge winner Joseph Young of St. Cloud, Minn., with bending the names of states into new words. Shortz is the puzzle editor of The New York Times.

Adriana Martinez of Santa Clarita, Calif., remembers her uncle Carlos Herrera, 65, who died of COVID-19 last year. He listened to Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's version of the song when he felt down.

Our summer reading series continues with Jamez Terry and Kelly Costello. Last December, they founded the Denver Zine Library, a collection of almost 5,000 independently produced mini-magazines, or "zines."

Three days after the Rev.. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, performer Nina Simone and her band played at the Westbury Music Festival on Long Island, N.Y. They performed "Why? (The King of Love is Dead)," a song they had just learned, written by their bass player Gene Taylor in reaction to King's death.

The brother-sister duo's debut album, Isles, draws on electronica, jazz and reggae to create a package of worldly grooves.

A source familiar with the discussions says administration health experts could make the recommendation for fully vaccinated adults as soon as this week.