Fauna Robotics is introducing Sprout, a humanoid robot designed as a friendly companion for homes and social spaces. The company says Sprout can even function great around children and pets. The ...

Friends of Arkansas PBS, a newly formed, citizen-led group that hopes to preserve programming from the national Public Broadcasting Service in Arkansas, is hosting its first talk on Thursday. Former ...

For decades, humanoid robots have lived behind safety cages in factories or deep inside research labs. Fauna Robotics, a New York-based robotics startup, says that era is ending. The company has ...

Over 1,200 community members of all ages gathered recently to celebrate PBS KIDS® Day with WKAR. Families across mid-Michigan came together for the event, hosted at the WKAR studios on the campus of ...

With the debut this week of new series Phoebe & Jay, the children’s programming division of PBS waves goodbye to an era where it could count on federal assistance for both programming and research.

When Newark police arrested and beat a Black taxi driver during a routine traffic stop on July 12, 1967, the incident ignited long-simmering tensions in the city’s Black neighborhoods, triggering ...

Facing financial shortfalls from lost funding, PBS is rolling out its biggest gun to drive viewership to its streaming platforms and restore the luster of “Masterpiece” on Sunday nights. Starting ...

The new crime drama “Bookish” is a dark and quirky series streaming on PBS. The story centers on Gabriel Book who owns a bookstore and solves crimes in his spare time, or perhaps he solves crimes and ...

Arlington, VA, January 22, 2026 – Today, PBS announced a cohort of social studies educators selected to serve as PBS LearningMedia Teacher Ambassadors. Leading up to this year’s historic ...

Malign Regimes Keep Getting a Pass with the American Media Three Cheers for Jack Yes, Celebrate the U.S. Men’s Hockey Team Our Men’s Hockey Team’s Historic Win Was Just Too Much for Sports Writers to ...

The newest humanoid robot on the scene, Sprout, is not designed to carry boxes or stack shelves. Instead, this charming and relatively cheap model, roughly the size of a 9-year-old child, is meant to ...

Bowling Green State University in Ohio, the licensee of WBGU-TV, announced Jan. 16 that the station will end its PBS affiliation June 30. In a news release, the university attributed the decision to ...