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As the U.S. women's basketball team plays its Olympic opener against Japan, expectations are high. The U.S. has won the last 7 gold medals, and hasn’t lost at the Olympics in most players' lifetimes.

On Earth Day, we take a look back at the rocky history of "tree-huggers." The term originated in the 1970s in the Himalayas and was later co-opted by American politics in the 1990s. Now, environmentalists are reclaiming the word.

Today on NPR: How That Tupac Hologram At Coachella WorkedTennessee:Governor Bill Haslam is expressing reservations about a bill seeking to cap the number…

From NPR: Lego has provided many boys with hours of play, and thanks to a Seattle entrepreneur the little plastic men can teach history too. Will Chapman…

Despite what has been called a status quo election, the 113th Congress will bring with it generational changes and some history, including the first all-female delegation for a state, and the fewest number of military veterans since World War II. Here are some of the noteworthy newcomers.

Updated 5:54 am We'll continue to update this post as we receive more closings:The following school districts have cancelled classes for Thursday, March…

An amendment legalizing hemp production for research has made it into the Farm Bill that will be up for a vote soon in Congress. The amendment,…

This morning, two west Kentuckians received 2014 Governor's Awards for the Arts. On Tuesday, we spoke with Michael Cochran, director of the Market House…

This documentary originally aired Sunday, June 2nd, 2013.This documentary is a 2013 National Sigma Delta Chi Award Winner given by the Society of…

The author's new novel looks at the history of music through the life of fictional guitarist Frankie Presto.