An American opera singer, June Anderson (born 1953) specialized in roles from operas by Donizetti, Rossini, and Bellini that require bel canto singing, although she sang operas by many other composers. June Anderson was born in 1953 in Boston and...

I found that June Almquist was a remarkable woman when she sat next to me during her first meeting as a member of SPJ's National Board of Directors. We became instant friends. She was in her sixties, and by then she couldn't hear...

Soprano June Anderson was obviously most at ease and in control when she got to the final number of her Kennedy Center recital debut, Wednesday night in the Concert Hall. It was "Bel raggio" ("A beautiful ray") from Rossini's "Semiramide," a climactic moment from...

Newspaper editors Joann Byrd and Mike Pride have been appointed co-chairs of the Pulitzer Prize Board, Columbia University announced Thursday.Byrd and Pride, board members since 1999, replace Paul E. Steiger, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal and vice president at Dow Jones & Co....

An American astronaut climbed aboard the international space station Friday for a stint as its first female commander after a two-day trip from Earth and a textbook docking.Peggy Whitson, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Malaysian physician Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor scooted through hatches linking the station with...