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Alice Brock, made famous in Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant," believes in improvisation. And it's a good thing, too — she knew nothing about running a restaurant when she opened her now legendary business.

It will be hard to make sure that concrete needed to rebuild the Palestinian territory's demolished buildings isn't diverted to Hamas, the militant group that had been tunneling into Israeli towns.

The Canadian singer-songwriter wrote classics like "If You Could Read My Mind," "Early Morning Rain" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald."

This list tackles history in the making, celebrating women and non-binary musicians whose songs are redefining genres and attitudes and changing our sense of what popular music can be in this century.

Five years after mass protests disrupted Hong Kong, and were crushed by the government, people who took part are downsizing their dreams and ambitions -- but keeping a small flame of hope alive.

In 2019, John told Fresh Air that his father's early misgivings about his chosen career became a source of motivation: "He gave me the determination to make something of myself."

Naval veterans sailing a 1942 ship known as a Landing Ship Tank, or L-S-T, from Greece to Mobile, Alabama, are near their destination. The ship will be used for a museum in Alabama. Its crew is made up of 32 Navy veterans who had served on this type of vessel. Noah talks with Bob Jornlin, Captain of the U.S.S. LST-325 Memorial, for an update on the story. (4:30) A log of the ship's crew can be found at: http://www.palosverdes.com/lst887/lst325.html; And http://www.uslst.org is the website of the U.S. LST Association.

On Wednesday, several Supreme Court justices voiced strong skepticism about the constitutionality of DOMA. That's the law that bars same-sex couples legally married under state law from receiving the same federal benefits as married heterosexual couples.

Police in Ontario were surprised when they found a car on the side of the road with a very young driver. The child, who wasn't hurt, had taken the car to buy a pink toy tractor for his sister.

The U.N. finds that nearly half of all children younger than 5 in Afghanistan, some 3.1 million, are facing acute malnutrition. Mothers share their plight to provide the children sustenance.