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Updated federal guidance means many low-income families that want their children to keep learning remotely are losing access to a school program that helped them pay for meals.

U.S. snowboarder Stacy Gaskill is racing in her first Olympics, but this isn't her family's first time at the Games. Her mom, Martha Gaskill, won a bronze medal as a Paralympian at the Calgary Games.

The Tate Modern Art Gallery in London is celebrating its fifth birthday. It is also celebrating its success in becoming the world's most popular modern art museum, attracting four million visitors a year. More than 60 percent of the Tate's visitors are under 35.

The new movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a married, gun-toting couple. Reviewer Bob Mondello says it's a reasonably amusing summer picture, if you can put your critical mind in neutral.

The new movie Batman Begins. follows the trend of many other recent comic book based movies; it delves into the psychology of the main character. This prequel to other films in the Batman franchise explains how Bruce Wayne became Batman.

Romania's Shukar Collective brings together young musicians from Bucharest's dance and electronic scene and a group of older Gypsy performers from the rural usari or "bear tamer" tradition. Together they make modern music with a traditional Romanian soul. Chris Nickson has a review of their CD Urban Gypsy.

The French-language film Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is based on an autobiographical novel by Dai Sijie. The book was published all over the world, though not in the author's native China. Now he's adapted it as a screenplay, and directed the movie, too.

A new exhibit in the National Gallery of Art explores painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's relationship to Montmartre, the Paris district that drew artists and bohemians in the late 19th century.

Actor Gillian Anderson could watch the animated movie Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa a million times. "I cannot stop laughing when I see this film," she says.

The 2013 U.S. and Women's Chess Championships are under way in St. Louis, Missouri. Host Michel Martin speaks with two of the competition's youngest players. Kayden Troff is the current under-14 World Youth Chess Champion, and at 15, Sarah Chiang is the youngest woman competing in the Women's Chess Championships.