Public Radio East - Site Search

New episodes of All My Children will be airing on Hulu starting Monday.

Two Daytime Soaps Return, But Will Fans Follow Online?

When ABC canceled the daytime soaps All My Children and One Life to Live in 2011, millions of fans suddenly found themselves left without their daily guilty pleasure. Both shows are relaunching Monday, but they won't be on any TV channel — the soaps are going online.

New In Paperback Oct. 15-21

Novelists Aatish Taseer and Naomi Benaron portray life amid sectarian violence in Pakistan and Rwanda, respectively, while Glenn Carle reflects on being a CIA interrogator, novelist Jonathan Lethem explores his influences, and David Bellos probes translation's complexity.

For A Few Hundred Bucks, You Can Make Your Own 3-D Printer

You can print out almost anything with a 3-D printer, from weapons and prosthetic hands to Yoda figurines. Sure, you can buy a 3-D printer. But what if you wanted to make one yourself? It's easier than you might think.

Visitors stop by Georgetown University's sukkah during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. The structure, designed by two award-winning architects, can be collapsed and reused in future years.

Ancient Jewish Tradition Meets Contemporary Design

What happens when you ask architects to re-imagine a structure mandated by the Jewish holy book? A freaking cool cultural piece of art, that's what.

Storm-damaged houses after Hurricane Ida on Sept. 4, 2021 in Grand Isle, Louisiana. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

With $1 billion disasters rising in the U.S., FEMA administrator weighs in on climate change

The increasing cost and destructiveness of natural disasters pose a growing risk to FEMA as budgets and staffing are stretched thin.

Debra Katz, an attorney for Charlotte Bennett, a former staffer who has accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of workplace sexual harassment, in her office during an interview with the AP in Washington on March 11, 2021. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Cuomo's Resignation Brings 'Day Of Reckoning' For Women Who Came Forward, Accuser's Attorney Says

He could face criminal charges or civil lawsuits.

Fallout Continues from Divisive Italian Election

Official election results give a center-left coalition led by Romano Prodi a thin majority in both houses of Italy's parliament. Prodi rejects calls by current Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to form a broad-based government of national unity. Also in Italy, authorities nab a mafia boss sought for more than 40 years.

Tasman Keith, whose debut album <em>A Colour Undone</em> released July 8, 2022.

Tasman Keith didn't come here to point fingers

The First Nations rapper comes from "a place of understanding [that] at the end of the day everybody is human and we all have a lack of knowledge that we can expand on." His debut album is out today.

Sandy Forces Questions About Waterfront Rebuilding

Hurricane Sandy has not slowed the pace of waterfront construction in New York City. City officials accept sea levels are rising, but they believe they can design waterfront neighborhoods that will withstand the worst of it.

Darfur Violence Pits Sudan Against the U.N.

Violence in Sudan's Darfur region continued this week as militia men attacked refugee camps and killed scores of civilians, including 27 children. The U.S. and the U.N. have so far been unable to get Sudan to agree to a credible protection force for civilians in Darfur, or work out a credible peace agreement accepted by all parties.

Search results for