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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - The Music School of Delaware has received a $750,000 donation, the largest in the school's history. The school announced Wednesday…

29-year-old Vashti Harrison from Accomack County received an award Sunday for outstanding literary work for children from the 49th NAACP Image Awards.Her…

The rich history of the decoys for hunting reaches back to the earliest days in the Chesapeake Bay region. In part one of our series, Delmarva Public…

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Some history scholars are offering Frederick residents a variety of perspectives on the Supreme Court chief justice who wrote the…

David McCullough tells Steve Inskeep about his new book 1776. The book chronicles the battles George Washington's army fought to win independence for America from Britain.

In honor of World AIDS Day, the StoryCorps oral history project presents the story of how the disease affected one family -- at a time when AIDS was still entering America's consciousness. Mary Caplan shares the story.

Former U.S. Foreign Officer Tod Becker: Long History of West vs. East

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama lifted the curtain on his vice presidential choice Saturday, introducing Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware at a rally in Springfield, Ill. In comments about his new running mate, Obama focused extensively on Biden's character and personal history.

After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. invaded Afghanistan to pursue al-Qaida and the Taliban. Now President Obama faces tough choices in what has become one of the longest-running wars in America's history.

In softcover fiction, Jill McCorkle's cluster of retirees faces death with humor and sorrow. In nonfiction, Lawrence Wright peeks into the world of Scientology, Simon Garfield charts a history of maps, Jonathan Cott recalls his friendship with John and Yoko, Duncan Wall spins yarns about the circus and Mark Binelli welcomes us to his Detroit.