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Bernice Johnson Reagon, seen here at the memorial celebration for Odetta at Riverside Church in 2009 in New York City.

Bernice Johnson Reagon, a founder of The Freedom Singers and Sweet Honey in the Rock, has died

The songleader, civil rights activist and scholar died Tuesday at the age of 81.

As ticket scams frustrate fans and artists, one local venue wants a change

The Capitol Center for the Arts is calling for more federal action to rein in ticketing scams

A sign advertising Plant a Row sits in a family garden.

‘Plant a Row’ helps NH gardeners address food insecurity

A UNH extension program is working with gardeners to deliver excess produce to local food pantries.

Selina Cheng, newly elected chairperson of the Hong Kong Journalists Association, speaks to media in Hong Kong on Wednesday. Cheng said she lost her job at <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> after she refused her supervisor’s request to withdraw from the election for the leadership post.

Head of Hong Kong's top journalist group says she lost 'WSJ' job due to her role

Reporter Selina Cheng says she lost her Wall Street Journal job after refusing her supervisor's request to withdraw from the election to lead the journalism group, which advocates for press freedom.

Gov. Maura Healey, along with U.S. Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Rep. Bill Keating, and state and local officials gathered in front the Sagamore Bridge to hail a federal grant of $993 million for the bridge replacement.

Sagamore Bridge funding mostly done; Healey vows to pursue funds for Cape Cod's Bourne Bridge

Cape Cod leaders joined Gov. Maura Healey and the Massachusetts congressional delegation yesterday to hail the state’s winning of a major federal grant to replace the Sagamore Bridge.

Dr. Nancy Stanwood, Chief Medical Officer at Planned Parenthood of Southern New England spoke today at their New Haven Connecticut location. “I know how painful it is for my colleagues in the states with abortion bans where their hands are tied when it comes to giving pregnant people the best care including emergency abortion care when needed. I don't want to see our hands tied here in Connecticut.” Stanwood says people seeking abortion care from states with abortion bans make up one percent of patients at Connecticut’s Planned Parenthood.

Following Vance VP pick, CT abortion-rights advocates express growing concern about access to care

Connecticut officials are sharing their concerns about more potential threats to abortion and reproductive health care in Connecticut and across America.

A girl holds a dripping sponge over a circle of campers in the grass.

NH summer camps working to adapt as heat wave continues

As communities across the state continue to see 90-degree days, summer camps are making changes to keep kids safe.

Here are the 2024 Emmy nominations

Nominations for the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday. The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards will take place on September 15.

People participate in the first annual Disability Pride Parade on July 12, 2015 in New York City.

NPR wants to know: What do you wish people knew about living with a disability?

July is Disability Pride Month, an event celebrating the diversity and contributions people with disabilities have made. NPR wants readers to share what they wish other people knew about disabilities.

Filmmakers profile America's economically lost generation in 'Two American Families'

FRONTLINE documentarians Tom Casciato and Kathleen Hughes spent decades following two working-class families who lost well-paying manufacturing jobs and then struggled to regain their way of life.

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