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The much-anticipated Massachussetts Museum of Contemporary Art has opened in North Adams with an installation by former Talking Head David Byrne. MassMOCA has been in the works for more than ten years. It takes over an old electronics factory (before that it was a textile mill - the buildings date back to the 19th century) that closed leaving 4000 townspeople out of work. While other rust belt towns have pinned hopes for economic revival on gambling...North Adams is counting on tourism fueled by cutting edge art. Charlene Scott, of member station W-F-C-R, reports.

A raccoon was on the roof and refused to budge. The driver continued another 6 miles to his destination, when the raccoon must have known the ride was over and just climbed down on his own.

The social media giant's stock started trading publicly for the first time today. Interest was huge — more shares traded hands than on the first day of any other initial public offering.

Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Cory Booker about the progressive strategy to stop the GOP health care bill — and what Democrats need to do to get back on top.

When Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, he made universal health care law. But the 2006 law didn't do anything about controlling costs, which were already among the nation's highest. So now the conversation has turned to cost control, and some very interesting things are beginning to happen.

The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, is back on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Iraq's progress has been a main topic of conversation. Renee Montagne talks to Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about measuring success in Iraq. He leads the Iraq Index project, which tracks economic, public opinion and security data, at the Brookings Institution.

There's a landmark legal battle being waged between financial regulators and Binance, one of the largest crypto companies in the world. And it may determine the crypto industry's future.

Rep. Lisa Brown will be joined on the Capitol steps in Lansing by the Tony Award-winning playwright Eve Ensler.

The newest Time Lord to pilot the Tardis is Peter Capaldi. He'll be replacing the 11th Doctor, Matt Smith, on the long-running British science-fiction television show.

The veteran band's new single is a gritty swamp-rock critique of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the powers that have kept it open.