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Performance artist and author KATE BORNSTEIN (pronounced BORN-steen). In her books and plays Bornstein, a transgender activist, argues the need for the acceptance of nontraditional gender roles, meaning those not defined as either male of female. In her book "Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us" (Vintage Books) she writes about her sex-change experience and her view of society's conceptions of gender. She has also written the novel (with co-author Caitlin Sullivan) "Nearly Roadkill" (High Risk Books). (THIS INTERVIEW EXTENDS INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

A concert and interview with Louisiana born singer/songwriter LUCINDA WILLIAMS. Her influences have been Bob Dylan, Delta Blues man, Robert Johnson, Van Morrison, and writers Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty. In the late 70s she made two obscure folk albums. But she didn't really find her own voice until 1988 when she produced her own album ("Lucinda Williams," Rough Trade Records) of original songs. One reviewer wrote of the album,"such stunning directness. . . and unforced artistry that it exposed the bulk of that year's. . .pop music as embarrassingly bloated and hollow."

The favorite and reigning champion Miguel Indurain failed to win a record sixth victory in cycling's premiere event.

The K-pop band BTS returns with a live concert in Seoul after an almost four-year absence while its members were doing military service.

The Kennedy Center board voted Monday to close the complex for renovations. The vote follows President Trump's announcement that he plans to replace the venue's president Richard Grenell.

Taylor Frankie Paul rose to fame on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, then filmed a season of The Bachelorette. But it won't air as planned because of resurfaced domestic violence allegations.

Today is Scrapbook Day!

Cuba's power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a U.S.-imposed oil blockade.

Mueller's family told The New York Times in August that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

Often called Africa's Venice, Makoko is a sprawling stilt community on the Lagos waterfront. But like many of the city's waterfront neighborhoods, it faces mass evictions in the name of development.

Lebanese-born author and journalist HANAN AL-SHAYKH. Her novel "The Story of Zahra" (Anchor Books) has just been published in the United States. Several Arab countries have banned the book since its original publication 14 years ago. The Story of Zahra tells of a contemporary Lebanese woman struggling with life in her family and her war-ravaged native city of Beirut. AL-SHAYKH'S novel "Women of Sand and Myrrh" was published in the United States last year