She recorded a magical debut album on Blue Note and was later named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment of the Arts.

For four decades, an English professor at San Jose State University has run a fiction contest for a single opening sentence to "the worst of all possible novels." He has decided to retire the contest.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with chair of the Council of the District of Columbia, Phil Mendelson, about President Trump's emergency declaration and National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C.

Ford announced they're putting billions into a Kentucky automotive plant to retool it to make EVs, starting with a midsize pickup that they say will be in the $30k price range.

Karin Slaughter talks about her 25th book -- "We are All Guilty Here" - with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly. It's a small town murder mystery - that twists and turns until the end.

A former school resource officer will now oversee safety for Indiana’s schools. Gov. Mike Braun on Tuesday announced Julie Q.

For multiple days, more people are killed trying to get food in Gaza than in Israeli air strikes, medics say.

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Delftware is the iconic ceramic from the Dutch city of Delft, blue and white painted tiles, dishes, flower pots.

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We mark the birthday of Katharine Lee Bates, the author of the poem, “America the Beautiful.” She was a writer, teacher, anti ...

The technology to make diamonds in a lab has existed since the 1950s, and now lab-grown diamonds are changing the market in ...