Pink noise reduces the intensity of higher frequencies of white noise, producing a softer, lower-pitched sound similar to rain or ocean waves.

Asher White, the New York–via–Providence singer-songwriter, has signed to Joyful Noise Recordings. To ring in the big news, she’s shared the new song “Kratom Headache Girls Night,” which showcases her ...

View descriptions and photos of key events before, during and after Freddie Gray’s fatal ride in a Baltimore Police van in April 2015.

“Xi will not be forced into a call,” said Sun Yun, director of the China program at the Washington-based think tank Stimson Center. Only once in recent history, she noted, has a Chinese leader phoned ...