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Poet Kwame Alexander creates a poem from submissions about tennis, baseball, ballet, track, football, basketball and hockey, as well as themes of winning and losing and technique and talent.

More nations than ever are racing to the moon. Their lunar ambitions are driven by advances in technology and a desire to prove themselves.

In Virginia and Kentucky, activists on both sides of the abortion debate are working to elect candidates at the state level with the power to affect abortion policy.

The U.S. killing of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has boosted Saudi fears about becoming embroiled in escalating U.S.-Iran tensions.

Ellen West, a new one-act chamber opera presented by Opera Saratoga, is based on a tragic poem by Frank Bidart, while Poul Ruders' The Thirteenth Childdraws on a relatively obscure Grimm fairy tale.

Last week, China had 4,400 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus. On Monday alone, Chinese health officials reported 2,829 new cases.

An art installation in Chicago honors victims of gun violence, and its organizers hope to make it a national monument. They want to bring widespread attention to what they consider another epidemic.

Two men, Gregory and Travis McMichael, have been charged with murder in connection with the killing of an unarmed black man in February. State officials say the investigation remains open.

Nearly 30 million U.S. children count on schools for free or low-cost meals. Most are home now, and school leaders are working hard to make sure they have food to eat.

President Trump and the Democrats running to replace him are facing the task of communicating to the public constructively, while also serving their shared goal of winning votes.