At Project Citizenship, Gail Breslow and her team help immigrants apply for U.S. citizenship, a process that has become ...

Lawmakers are expected to approve the compromise budget Wednesday — the first day of the new fiscal year, making it once ...

From the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular to a Frederick Douglass tribute, here are five events to check out this weekend.

This year, the nation's 250th birthday, has been busy for historical reenactors. And in a time when how history is taught is ...

New York Mets Bobby Bonilla busts out of his hitting slump with this swing, to give him a grand slam against the San Francisco Giants in the second inning, June 1, 1992 at New Yor ...

An ambitious program to start up new nuclear reactors is bearing fruit. But some are worried about safety shortcuts. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports. This segment airs on July 1, 2026. Audio will be ...

More people are having encounters with black bears as their habitat shrinks and they have more offspring. Now people are adjusting to coexistence with bears. Caroline Eggers from WPLN and the ...

Ages ago, before humans lived in North America, a space rock pierced the atmosphere and screamed in a blaze of light toward the surface of the Earth.

George Washington's candle stand in its current display in the American Aspirations exhibition, which runs through July 26. (Courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Ameri ...

The Ferris wheel is just one of the many inventions that debuted when the World's Fair in Chicago opened on May 1, 1893.

Here & Now's Scott Tong talks with soccer commentator Sean Wheelock ahead of Wednesday night's U.S. Men's National Team match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. A win gets Team USA to the Round of 16. A ...

A civics-minded family in Atlanta celebrates America's big birthday by running together. Georgia Public Broadcasting's Sofi Gratas reports. This segment airs on July 1, 2026. Audi ...