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Nicholls State University plans its annual Monster Piano Concert Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Mary M. Danos Theater on the Thibodaux campus.The concert is…

Audie Cornish speaks with Stephen Sawchuk, assistant editor of Education Week, about the national implications of the Chicago teacher strike.

Melissa Block talks to Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation magazine, about how the issue of same-sex marriage has collided with the NFL.

Industrial designer William Moggridge died on Saturday at the age of 69. He is most well-known for inventing the clamshell design of the laptop. Melissa Block and Audie Cornish have more.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded WWNO and three other local non-profit organizations a grant of $102,000 to increase local news…

Some 26,000 teachers and school staff in Chicago were on strike Monday after talks with the city's administration failed to reach agreement on benefits and job security issues.

Industrial designers are conflicted over the impact a jury's decision that Samsung infringed on many of Apple's mobile phone patents. Some say it might cramp creativity. Others say it will free them from having to make designs that look just like Apple's.

Only the summers of 2011 and 1936 have been hotter.

As the U.S. military steps up training of Afghan troops in preparation for the U.S. withdrawal in 2014, it has also ratcheted up its efforts to train U.S. soldiers in Afghan language and customs. This year, the Army has more than doubled the number of soldiers trained in Pashto and Dari.

To try to get a sense of what it really means to be the president, writer Michael Lewis spent six months in President Obama's shadow. Lewis wanted to show just what it's like to be in the president's shoes — down to something as simple as what he eats and wears every day.