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The BBC ends its afternoon news program with the bong of the Big Ben clock. When 8-year-old Phoebe Hanson heard the clock would go silent for three years of repairs, she wrote to the BBC to offer her gong and her voice. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Hanson and BBC editor Roger Sawyer.

Note: Times in EasternUpdated: 4:38 p.m.: The bill narrowly passed out of the state Senate, with a vote of 20-18. All Senate Democrats voted against the…

About 60 dump trucks full of debris from the fallen World Trade Center will be sifted for human remains from the Sept. 11 attacks beginning Monday. More than 1,000 victims have yet to be identified.

The Pentagon has set a goal of evacuating 9,000 people a day from the country. Those coming to the U.S. need assistance, as do those remaining in Afghanistan.

Since the ceremony first began in 1929, the Oscars have always been held at venues in Los Angeles. But Charles Monroe-Kane of Wisconsin Public Radio reports on a whimsical effort to bring the awards show to Green Bay, Wisc. Think your town's got what it takes to attract the glitterati? Share your opinion -- send an e-mail to NPR, telling us why your city should be the next Hollywood.

Three of Kentucky’s public universities are suspending travel to China as the country works to contain a deadly outbreak of the coronavirus.The…

Opera is an art form filled with great passions, and opera fans are also known for their intense emotional attachment to the art form they love. NPR's Lynn Neary reports on the sometimes outrageous lengths fans go to show how they feel about a performance — see and hear some extreme examples of opera fan feedback.

The former first lady, protected by Secret Service for 20 years, and former secretary of state, who logged the most miles traveled ever, is headed to Iowa ... in a van she calls her "Scooby" van.

The former president claimed that references in news articles or by the network's hosts to his efforts to overturn the 2020 election as "the Big Lie" was tantamount to comparing him to Adolf Hitler.

The abundance of natural gas from fracking could soon fuel a new petrochemical industry in the Ohio Valley. A massive facility proposed for Belmont…