Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.

The move was in response to a Department of the Interior guideline banning display of “nonagency” flags in the National Park System.

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.

Attend the annual Whittington Lecture at Georgetown's McCourt School, featuring leading voices in public policy and government.