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The carousel was first desegregated when part of Gwynn Oak Amusement Park outside Baltimore in 1963. It was moved to the National Mall after the park closed.

History professor Marcia Chatelain's new book tracks what she calls the hidden history of the relationships between the struggle for civil rights and the expansion of the fast food industry.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says Trump's effort to try to rig the midterm elections has been "thwarted," after a major victory for Democrats in Virginia.

Jim Clyburn's new book, The First Eight, restores the lives of South Carolina's early Black congressmen and shows how their battles during Reconstruction offer lessons, and warnings, for politics today.

In her memoir A Hymn to Life, Gisèle Pelicot details her journey after discovering that her husband of nearly 50 years drugged and invited dozens of men to sexually abuse her for about a decade.

Mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves is retiring from the stage after a last performance as Maria in the Gershwins' Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera, and looking ahead to directing and mentoring.

The complexion of the workforce in areas damaged by Hurricane Katrina has changed significantly. At Motivatit Seafoods in Houma, La., a group of Mexican workers has settled in to handle jobs that owner Kevin Voisin says he could not find enough local workers to fill.

Local lawmakers and faith leaders will be holding events this weekend to remember those murdered in the Uvalde and Buffalo shooting and to discuss ways to stop such tragedies.

The North Mississippi Allstars formed to play "hill country blues," but the tunes on their new album, "Electric Blue Watermelon," recall the feel-good Southern rock of the Allman Brothers from the 1970s, or the anthems of Lynyrd Skynyrd.

A wildfire in Yosemite National Park is threatening a grove of some of the oldest trees in the world.