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In September, Joan Johnson was confirmed as Milwaukee Public Library (MPL) director and city librarian by Mayor Tom Barrett and the Milwaukee Common…

The great American road trip can be a cross-country sojourn, a long weekend, or even an afternoon.It’s those latter two ideas – the shorter road trip that…

Like its American ally, Iceland has been recovering from a devastating economic situation in the last several years. And the U.S. Ambassador to Iceland…

Many in Milwaukee remember trying to get tickets to sold-out performances of Milwaukee Ballet's adaptation of "Peter Pan" when it made its debut in…

As bars, movie theaters and other indoor entertainment venues shut their doors due to COVID-19, Wisconsin has seen a dramatic increase in people heading…

On Thursday, people took to the streets again to protest Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisolm’s decision Wednesday not to criminally charge…

In 1985, an album from a decidedly far-flung place put the band Northern Haze on the map. James Ungalaq talks to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about his band's new album and their the music lives on.

Thursday on Lake Effect: The Zika virus outbreak has been at the forefront of health coverage in the past week, as Ebola, AIDS, and influenza have been in…

In Virginia this weekend, officials are marking the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans to the United States.

Statues of Christopher Columbus are being dismantled, torn down or removed in cities across the country. That's the case in a city that's named after him.