Nation May 27

With the Scripps National Spelling Bee underway this week, take our quiz and see if you can define the words that may appear during this year's competition.

Nation Mar 31

“Almost 75 percent of Americans now live within 10 miles of a brewery, so it’s not just one place. We’re seeing dynamic growth in a lot of different markets.”…

Nation Feb 27

Fred Rogers recorded a message for those who grew up watching "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" a few months before he died.

Nation Jan 28

On Sunday, a pilot who ran out of fuel 235 miles off the coast of Maui ditched his plane in the Pacific Ocean by activating its ballistic recovery system. That’s a fancy term for an emergency parachute ... for the…

Nation Nov 25

We read more than 500 hundred pages of this witness testimony and compared each statement to the statement given by officer Wilson. Below is a chart comparing several key details of the officer’s report to the statements of the 24…

Nation Nov 25

Protesters assembled in Ferguson, Missouri, and across the U.S. Monday night following the announcement that a grand jury would not indict the officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown. Demonstrations were planned around the country in anticipation of the decision. Many…

Nation Nov 24

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Politics Nov 13

Nearly three-quarters of incoming representatives and about 90 percent of all new senators will be Republican in the 114th Congress. In both the House and the Senate, about 80 percent of newly elected politicians will be men, and the new…

Politics Nov 04

We will be tracking returns with Associated Press data in our live election results center. Also join us in our live blog and on our homepage to watch the PBS NewsHour with Gwen Ifill and…

Health Sep 19

While most Americans over the age of 40 say they would prefer to stay in their own homes as long as possible, a recent AP-NORC poll reveals that roughly 60 percent of them admit they haven’t discussed their preferences for…