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Historically, trust in Spanish-language television news is what keeps the Latinx communities in the United States tuned into the news.

Through the rest of the month, the zoo is inviting the public to commemorate the departure of the three giant pandas who will return to China in December. A shutdown could kill the party's finale.

The science of human evolution has made big leaps in recent years, and it’s painting a new picture of our origins

Driver was delivering package to Palm City home when she was bitten by an eastern diamondback rattlesnake near the front door

From creating Elder Scrolls to preserving the origins of the industry, Christopher Weaver reflects on his career in video games — and what comes next.

Researchers have compared the DNA of 27 Black people who lived at the Catoctin furnace between 1774 and 1850, finding a link between these enslaved Americans and nearly 42,000 living relatives.

The National Air and Space Museum debuted the first Barbie dolls to fly in space. They appear to be like all of the other Barbie "Space Discovery" dolls found in stores, and that may be the point.

SAN DIEGO — Tom Waits and RuPaul. Joan Baez and Mojo Nixon.

From an afternoon at the ballpark to Afternoon Tea, museums and science centers are celebrating Sally's Night and the 40th anniversary of Sally Ride becoming the first American woman in space.

A vintage ’70s test kitchen where recipes were created and perfected for Ebony magazine’s national readership will be part of an exhibit highlighting the intersection of food and culture in the African American community.

Last month, one of the great explorers and producers of American vernacular music, Chris Strachwitz, passed away. He was 91 years old. He was the founder and co-owner (with Tom Diamant) of Arhoolie Records which since its first release in 1960, Texas Sharecropper And Songster by Texan bluesman Mance Lipscomb,…