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With the spring waterfowl migration complete and warmer, drier weather in place, state veterinarian Dr. Mark Ernst is optimistic that the risk for transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza will be significantly lower, with youth poultry competitions and live sales allowed to resume.

The decision lays out ground rules for absentee voting a month ahead of Wisconsin's statewide primary elections.

An Italian regional leader said that 14 persons remained unaccounted for: 10 Italians, three from Czechia and one from Austria.

Fred Katz wrote for film in Hollywood, accompanied Harpo Marx on piano and taught college anthropology, all as a high-school dropout. But that was after he played with the Chico Hamilton quintet — and brought the cello into modern jazz.

Karajan shot to the top of the classical music scene in the 1950s, remaining supremely powerful until he died in 1989. He left a legacy of gorgeous recordings, as well as a fair amount of controversy.

A pathogenic crop disease has officially arrived in central Illinois, with the potential to rival the dreaded corn rootworm as a top corn yield-robber.

Did slaves use secretly coded quilt patterns to help plan their escapes on the Underground Railroad? Many historians have their doubts. The design for a new Frederick Douglass memorial sparks a debate pitting oral tradition against documented historical fact.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with FEMA's Federal Coordinating Officer Brett Howard overseeing the disaster response to massive floods in the Appalachian mountain communities in Kentucky.

In Nebraska, the prosecution of an alleged illegal abortion has highlighted the fact that evidence from online services such as Facebook is fair game for evidence in a post-Roe U.S.

Two names with Republican Party history will be on ballots Tuesday. Wyoming voters appear ready to boot Liz Cheney, while Sarah Palin looks for an Alaska comeback. What does it say about the GOP?