Proposed in 1955 by President Dwight Eisenhower and championed by the arts enthusiast whose name it would ultimately bear, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has a storied history.

A renowned Ohio journalist is receiving a prestigious award. Neenah Ellis, founder of the Eichelberger Center for Community ...

A familiar voice for decades on these airwaves is signing off. Renee Montagne, who joined the network in 1981 and hosted both ...

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told reporters Wednesday that she was concerned that the FBI’s background investigation report about secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth is said to have ...

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Some artists draw every line as if they know just where it will end. Jules Feiffer never did. Not for him the delicate feathering, diligent crosshatching or obsessive pointillism of the ...

Described as a rising star, Susan has performed with Grammy award-winner Phoebe Bridgers and Australian blues band The Teskey Brothers. You may have caught her at WOMAD previously, but following the ...

The high-profile Wisconsin Supreme Court race is underway. Both Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel and Dane County Judge Susan Crawford are hitting the campaign trail for a contest this April that ...

The latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll found that 6-in-10 people said the economy is not working well for them. Just before the pandemic, though, two-thirds said it was. That's a big mood swing ...

It's been all over the world. I've gotten messages from everywhere and over in the U.K. They were calling me America's Susan Boyle. I had people messaging me saying 'I kind of put myself out of ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa —They look like the walking dead. Dusty men, skin and hair caked in dirt, skeletal. Some struggle to walk and collapse. They blink like moles in the harsh South African ...

Biden said they will include U.S. citizens, women and the elderly. As NPR has reported, U.S. citizens Sagui Dekel-Chen and Keith Siegel are among the hostages expected to be released from Gaza in ...