Henry Louis Gates Jr. traces love for genealogy back to youth

Henry Louis Gates Jr. was in Erie Dec. 4 as the final speaker of the 17th season of the Jefferson Educational Society's ...

What Greenland Was Like When it Was Green

It made the front page of the New York Times. Ancient DNA over 2 million years old, retrieved from the frozen dirt of ...
Forbes

New PBS Series By Ken Burns On American Revolution Debuts Tonight

The six-part documentary explores the United States’ founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence, examining how these “turned the world upside-down.” It airs nightly through Nov. 21.
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Why one man is defying his genetic destiny with Alzheimer's

Major corporate funding for the PBS News Hour is provided by BDO, BNSF, Consumer Cellular, American Cruise Lines, and Raymond James. Funding for the PBS NewsHour Weekend is provided by Consumer ...
CNN

PBS, defunded by Trump, says ‘we’re still here’ with big new Ken Burns documentary

Sunday’s premiere of Ken Burns’ new PBS series “The American Revolution” doubles as an attention-grabbing statement, months after President Donald Trump succeeded in stripping away all federal funding ...
PBS

Pediatric Genetic Testing

Host Kathrin Berg leads a conversation with local children pediatric geneticist and counselor. In this episode of the El Paso Physician, our host Kathrin Berg leads a conversation with local children ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Maigret’ on PBS is the latest version of Simenon’s sleuth. Here are 6 more to watch

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Maigret,” premiering Sunday on PBS, is the fourth British series (plus one failed pilot) to be titled “Maigret,” ...
CNN

PBS and NPR funding cuts are hitting home as government shutdown looms

Cuts to NPR, PBS and other public media outlets have been in the news all year long, but now the federal funds have actually run out. With Tuesday marking the end of the federal government’s fiscal ...
Yakima Herald-Republic

Cascade PBS layoffs deal another blow to local news

Seattle's Cascade PBS blamed federal cuts for layoffs, announced last week, that will end its foray into written local news coverage. But its hybrid newsroom, formed by the 2015 acquisition of online ...
USA Today

Central Pennsylvania NPR, PBS station among first to close after cuts to public media

WPSU, Penn State University's NPR and PBS affiliate, announced Sept. 11 that it will begin to "wind down" operations. The move comes after Congress approved more than $1 billion in cuts to the ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

'Bands of Enchantment' PBS Series Evolves Into its Own Music Festival

Move over Austin; Albuquerque is taking on its own version of Austin City Limits. The popular concert TV series helped spread the cool music and vibe of Austin for more than half a century. A similar ...