Israel received remains of what could be one of the last hostages in Gaza on Wednesday and said it will begin allowing ...

It’s that time of the year when PBS News Hour invites two of our regular literary critics, Ann Patchett and Maureen Corrigan, ...

Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks ...

PBS has stopped airing former Harvard English professor Elisa F. New’s show, “Poetry in America,” after emails released by ...

Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding ...

Can we really bring extinct species back? Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro says yes. Can we bring extinct species back to life? Evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro claims we just did. As Chief ...

The six-part documentary explores the United States’ founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence, examining how these “turned the world upside-down.” It airs nightly through Nov. 21.

Four nonprofits will benefit through a donation from UVA Health to honor its more than 18,000 employees during the holidays.

"The American Revolution," the latest work from filmmaker Ken Burns, begins this Sunday on PBS. The six-part, 12-hour history of the war of independence from Britain and the beginnings of the American ...

The winter weather predicted for the Shenandoah Valley arrived overnight, with two to four inches of snow blanketing the ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has examined some of the most defining moments of American history. He's delved into the Civil War, dissected America's response to the Holocaust and chronicled the evolution of ...

According to the Organization of American Historians, television has become the medium through which most Americans now get their history.