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The actor was best-known for his 11-year stint on the NBC hit, but he was a veteran of the Chicago theater scene before making his way to the New York stage.

Environmental activist John Francis spent 22 years on a journey across America, mostly on foot and deliberately without the aid of motorized devices. He's written about those years in the book Planetwalker: How to Change Your World One Step at a Time.

Derek Lee McPhatter's play follows a scientist pursuing an unconventional cure for a mysterious disease.

Grammy-winner John Mayer's latest album, Heavier Things, finds the singer-songwriter pulling back from his driving guitar licks to focus more on melodies. Mayer speaks with NPR's Michele Norris about his new album and offers a preview of some of the songs.

The council abandoned a plan to pressure the school superintendent.

Today, we continue our series of Conversations with the Candidates who will be on the June 26th primary ballot here in Maryland. Yesterday, former…

We go On the Record with Antonia Hylton and her new book, “Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum.” which untangles the legacy of Crownsville Hospital. Located in Anne Arundel County, the hospital was one of the nation’s last segregated psychiatric hospitals.

We go On the Record with Antonia Hylton and her new book, “Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum.” which untangles the legacy of Crownsville Hospital. Located in Anne Arundel County, the hospital was one of the nation’s last segregated psychiatric hospitals.

John Kerry keeps plugging away at two intractable conflicts — Israel/Palestine and Syria. His latest diplomacy takes him to Amman, Jordan.

The 1933 Ford Police V-8 stolen by John Dillinger is back at the same jail from which he stole it 87 years ago. An enthusiast tracked down the car in Maine and it was restored to its original form.

Hong Kong gets a new leader on Friday with strong backing from Beijing, but faces challenges with a sluggish economy that remains closed to the outside world — and China — by COVID controls.

On this Juneteenth holiday, Tom explores the future of Black culture with Terri Lee Freeman, Executive Director of the Reginald F. Lewis Musuem and Myrtis Bedolla, curator of the exhibition "Afro Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined."

The Baltimore County School Board Tuesday night decided again that classes will start after Labor Day this coming school year, and it heard a farewell…

Gun shop owners in Baltimore County will have to make their stores more secure under controversial legislation passed Tuesday night by the county council.…

Lawmakers from across the political spectrum remembered Rep. John Lewis as a man who embodied the best of American ideals and a stalwart champion for civil rights.

The winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for music is both an unforgettable seascape and an urgent call to action. Hear the Alaskan composer and environmentalist's sweeping symphonic work.

The NPR audience cast more than 17,000 ballots in our Killer Thrillers poll. The winning novels are a diverse mix, ranging in style and period from Dracula to The Da Vinci Code. All are fast-moving tales of suspense and adventure.

The film director is known for composing and performing his own soundtracks. On Lost Themes, he reaches beyond the movies to craft a collection of understandably cinematic-sounding music.

Doe is probably still best known as co-founder of the punk-rock band X more than 30 years ago. Rock critic Ken Tucker says Doe's new solo album Keeper is less conflicted and more contemplative than his earlier works.

Baltimore County’s Executive will give up the last two years of his term.