The Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism is shining a spotlight on two historic Fall River attractions. The carousel was showcased in an August blog about the state's "whimsical rides," while the ...

PBS’s fall shows were in the can before the federal government defunded all public broadcasting this summer, so the full effect of the defunding won’t be felt until 2026. The final episodes of at ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, faced sharp criticism for failing to keep a man with a history of mental illness, arrests and erratic behavior off the streets before he ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Sept. 8, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Replica of the Lady Elgin steamship on ...

Rebecca Courser, a Warner native and past director of the Warner Historical Society, shares her journey researching Black history in Warner, NH, documenting 174 people of color between 1775-1920, ...

The documentary series “American Experience” begins an abbreviated schedule this week. A victim of the federal funding take-back, it has suspended production and laid off its staff. By Mike Hale The ...

The Detroit Tigers have had a rough go of it the last two nights in Sacramento against the Athletics and the consecutive losses have dropped them out of the top spot in the American League playoff ...

In July 1956, the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria collided with the MS Stockholm in dense fog off the coast of New England. Dozens died, hundreds were rescued, and a symbol of Italian pride lay at ...

While Detective Bonz continues his investigation, the 3rd graders learn about the Revolutionary War. While Detective Bonz continues tracking down clues and possible suspects, his student helpers have ...

President Trump described Smithsonian museums as “out of control” for emphasizing, in his view, “how bad slavery was.” It's part of a pattern by Trump in his second term to reframe historical ...

Researchers used ultraviolet scans to compare Harvard Law School’s copy of the Magna Carta, word for word, against the other known originals. Their analysis helped confirm it was an original from 1300 ...

The facial recognition glasses can pull personal information, like and phone number and even home address from existing online databases. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...