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Actor Buddy Ebsen, best known for his role as Jed Clampett on the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies, dies at age 95. Ebsen, who started his career as a dancer on Broadway shows and MGM musicals in the 1930s, also starred as a private investigator in the 1970s TV show Barnaby Jones. NPR's Bob Edwards has a remembrance.

The suspect in an alleged attempted murder incident in South Peoria has died.

Our search for the kitchen legacies of this country has uncovered rituals, recipes and now, an archive. We followed a listener's call to the Library of Congress and beyond — and discovered "America Eats," a Depression-era project chronicling the nation's food rituals.

Hispanic Heritage Month first began under President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Nancy Lou Kiper, 71, of Colfax, passed away at 4:22 p.m. on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at Accolade Healthcare of Pontiac, surrounded by family.

A dazzle of zebras — that's what you call a group of them by the way — escaped from a legally-run farm in the D.C. area 25 days ago. Since then, they've been popping up in the suburbs.

Supporters and lawyers of the man said he had an IQ of 69 and was intellectually disabled, and that the execution of a mentally ill person was prohibited under international human rights law.

Poet Frank X Walker believes artists aren't the only creative people. He says barbers, cooks, janitors and kids enrich the world with their creativity as much as the painters, sculptors and writers.

She doesn't normally drink, but when Lillian's car got stuck in the mud after making a wrong turn on a remote road, she downed the bottle. Police say it may have helped her survive.

Matt de la Peña becomes the first Hispanic author to win the Newbery award for children's literature, while the Caldecott picture-book prize went to a book about the real-life Winnie the Pooh.