A world-champion Cuban wrestler, Reineri Andreu Ortega, is suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association over rules that he says have unfairly barred him from wrestling for Iowa State ...

ST. LOUIS — As health officials around the world monitor a rare hantavirus outbreak linked to a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean, two St. Louis doctors say residents here have little reason to be ...

With the release of Michael and not one but four Beatles feature films under way, I am once again calling for a moratorium on these films (with one exception) In the past few weeks, there has been a ...

If this story was about anything but jazz and big-band music played by high schoolers, we could say the Osceola County School for the Arts already-accomplished Jazz A and Wind Ensembles closed out the ...

The 31st Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival. Directed by Christopher De León and 3rd place in the competition, the Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts ...

The 31st annual Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival happened from April 30 to May 2 Gilberto Tadday/Jazz at Lincoln Center Chris Faison and his ...

Just a few years ago, Chris Faison was a high school senior performing at a prestigious jazz competition held at New York's Lincoln Center, with mentor Chris De Leon guiding the way. This year, the ...

Chris Faison and his former mentor Chris De Leon reunited as band leaders at the 31st annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition Both instructors emphasized the importance of jazz ...