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'I've been trying to do this for over 30 years' — Billy Porter sings on his terms

Following star-making roles in Broadway's Kinky Boots and FX's Pose, Billy Porter has released an original album that plays out like mini-autobiographies: Black Mona Lisa.

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'I've been trying to do this for over 30 years' — Billy Porter sings on his terms

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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter looks at a birthday cake with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, during his 90th birthday celebration held at Georgia Southwestern University, Oct. 4, 2014, in Americus, Ga. Branden Camp/AP hide caption

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Rosalynn Carter, transformative former first lady and mental health advocate, dies

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A jury took less than five hours to convict former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried of fraud and money laundering. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

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He lost $200,000 when FTX imploded last year. He's still waiting to get it back

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Ashley Close, staff attorney at Children's Law Center, right, checks in with Dr. Ankita Khandai, center, and Dr. Candice Dawes, left, at Children's National's Anacostia clinic in Washington, D.C. Close works with doctors to help them fight for healthy living conditions for patients. Medical-legal partnerships like this are spreading nationwide. Eric Lee for NPR hide caption

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When landlords won't fix asthma triggers like mold, doctors call in the lawyers

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Former President Donald Trump, shown here at a mixed martial arts event on Nov. 11, is asking to be freed from a gag order in an election interference case. Frank Franklin II/AP hide caption

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An appeals court hears arguments about Trump's gag order in Jan. 6 case

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