While rare in English-language books, “xigua” (西瓜), pronounced “shee-gwah", is occasionally used in English dictionaries as ...

The food assistance program relies on government funding. Federal officials are warning of the threat that a prolonged government shutdown, now in its 15th day, could pose to millions of Americans who ...

Wednesday on the News Hour, aid trucks enter Gaza as the tenuous Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal holds, and both Gazans and Israelis take stock of what they've lost. The Supreme Court hears a Louisiana ...

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The soul singer, songwriter and producer, who died on Tuesday at 51, released three studio albums of meticulously constructed, vocally ambitious, genre-crossing music. By Jon Pareles In his music, ...

The Penn State trustees unanimously approved a revised proposal to sell WPSU’s operating assets to another public media organization during a special meeting Monday afternoon. The finance and ...

Monday on the News Hour, Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees are released after two long years of war. The Trump administration's latest round of mass firings further hollows out the Department ...

The Big Apple is taking on the companies behind Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube, accusing them of “public nuisance” and spurring a youth mental health crisis in the city. In a ...

CLEVELAND (WOIO/Gray News) - An investigation is ongoing after an Ohio mother reported her 5-year-old daughter was beaten, assaulted and scalped. Police say the suspects are under the age of 10.

Following the shocking cancellation of “9-1-1: Lone Star” and the death of Robert “Bobby” Nash (Peter Krause) in the original “9-1-1,” Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear are now expanding their ...

The first lady announced eight children have been reunited with their families. First lady Melania Trump announced Friday that she and Russian President Vladimir Putin have had an "open channel of ...

PBS KIDS announced the premiere date for PHOEBE & JAY, a fun, literacy-focused animated series for children ages 3-5 from Phoebe & Jay Productions and Mainframe Studios (SUPER KITTIES, COCOMELON, ...