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A new report from the National Endowment for the Arts reveals that Americans are reading less frequently and less proficiently. Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and award-winning poet, talks about the new report, "To Read or Not to Read."

It is now confirmed that there have been 33 deaths Monday on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., a total that includes the gunman. But it's still unclear if the shooter was a student, and if he was shot by police or took his own life.

After declaring victory in the California primary 40 years ago, Robert F. Kennedy left the ballroom of the Ambassador Hotel and into the kitchen pantry, where he was shot and killed. Patt Morrison wonders why the actual site of the assassination was not saved for posterity.

"Had it not been for all of the breaks, I wouldn't be here where I am today — nor would The Roots," Black Thought says.

After a 25-year-long legal battle, the FBI has released the final documents relating to its surveillance of John Lennon in the 1970s. Historian Jon Wiener first requested the files in 1981 for a book on Lennon. He discusses the contents of the now-declassified files.

The U.S. marks the amazing, the curious and the problematic. Here are some samples.

The men's Huskies team is the first to win the NCAA basketball tournament back-to-back since the University of Florida in 2006 and 2007.

A Look at What that Effort Signifies

The church announced the passing of President Russell M. Nelson hours before a deadly attack on one of its congregations in Michigan.

Mary Sheffield is the first woman ever elected Mayor of Detroit, and she took office in January.