More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has been declared the winner of presidential elections, extending his four-decade grip on power. The vote took place under a government-imposed ...

The AAP recommends that parents immunize their children against 17 different illnesses between birth and adolescence. As of ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks Grace and Manuel Rojas about their popular foam hats, a riff on the cheese-shaped hats Green Bay Packers fans wear.

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from ...

A tour of a once-grand English manor, set to become a hotel, where abandoned objects tell of a family's decline: NPR's Scott Simon talks with Angela Tomaski about her novel, "The Infamous Gilberts." ...

A visit to the Gaulier clown school - home to alumni including Sacha Baron Cohen and Emma Thompson - reveals that clowning is all about the art of failure.

On this day in 1899, Ellen May Tower, a veteran of the Spanish American War, became the first woman in Michigan to receive a military funeral. In 1983, Detroit’s J. L. Hudson Department store closed ...

The Lansing-based fighter has carved an unpredictable path through some of MMA’s biggest stages, from the LFA to the ...

Social media users, in 2026, are reliving 2016 nostalgia online. We answer the questions swirling around why and what this means.

Sat. Jan. 31, 2026 10am-1pmu2028WKAR Studios on the Michigan State campus Join us for PBS KIDS® Day at WKAR! Bring your family to the WKAR studios for fun activities and games for kids. Meet PBS KIDS ...