On the eve of America's 250th birthday, NPR's Juana Summers talks with NPR Music's Stephen Thompson and Sheldon Pearce about songs that reflect the country's complex identity.

Some of these tunes are by homegrown heroes; other picks are just great songs that mention a state or happen to be set there or that evoke the place in some special way. Our list has rock classics, ...

OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. — A home in Olive Branch, Mississippi is at the center of what police say was a domestic dispute that left one man dead and a woman injured after a shooting Friday, according to ...

KENTWOOD, Mich. — Kids and teens can pick up free meals Monday through Friday at select Kent District Library branches through September 1st as part of the Sack Suppers program from Kids Food Basket.

Trump’s new reflecting pool liner cut with a razor, official reports US strikes Iran following attack on cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz Gracie the giraffe, who went missing after wandering off a Texas ...

David and Victoria Beckham extended another olive branch to their estranged son, Brooklyn Beckham, as the couple celebrated another Father’s Day with him. On Sunday, the fashion designer took to ...

The promise of democratic governance was stolen from the people. We must win it back. You will hear no more disorienting or self-defeating a platitude uttered on Capitol Hill in this 250th year of the ...

KENT COUNTY, Mich — Families can sometimes suffer from food insecurity during the summer months when students are no longer receiving free breakfast and lunch from public schools. Two local ...

Syria’s 14-year conflict destroyed vast swathes of the country and killed hundreds of thousands, but it also left behind over 1.5 million Syrians with war-caused disabilities. Syria’s minister of ...

BLOOMINGTON (25News Now) - Some teenagers in Bloomington got a first-hand look at future careers Monday through the city’s popular Youth Enrichment Program. The program offers students between the ...