In 1950, James Baldwin and his lover, the painter Lucien Happersberger, set out from Paris for the mountains of Switzerland, where Baldwin, then around 25, hoped to climb his way out of a creative ...

A colorful glow lights the sky above the Franklin Park Zoo each night from August to November, a result of delicate, larger-than-life lanterns designed to transport people to distant lands, across ...

Artist David Lenz was commissioned by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery to paint a portrait of Dr. Temple Grandin. Grandin, a renowned autism educator and animal science professor, is famous ...

The Coaching Carousel delivers drama to college football that is only comparable to the NBA’s daily soap opera. Whispers are currency, second only to the millions of dollars changing hands while ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze walks off the field ...

This November, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery will celebrate “Portrait of a Nation,” adding four new works to its collection. This year, the honorees are poet Joy Harjo, academic Temple ...

POTTSTOWN, Pa. -- The second-oldest carousel in the nation is right in our area in Montgomery County. But, the Carousel at Pottstown has had a bit of a rough year. The nonprofit overseeing the ...

Stealing surfboards, nipping feet, even chasing down surfers: “Our local sea otters—or possibly just one—are getting feisty again,” California photographer Mark Woodward tells Smithsonian magazine via ...

Artist Amy Sherald made headlines in 2018 when her official portrait of then-first lady Michelle Obama was unveiled at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. She made headlines again this summer ...

Coaches are lining up for their failure money amid what's promising to be a wild coaching carousel. Billy Napier, Hugh Freeze, Mike Norvell and Luke Fickell headline the hot seat. Brian Kelly trying ...

James Franklin’s $49-plus million buyout could soon look like chump change. Mike Norvell’s rump now roasts on the hot seat after a fourth consecutive loss, and his buyout would check in at more than ...