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University of Pennsylvania Police Officer and K9 Uman, a black Labrador retriever trained in explosives detection, conducting a package search during a routine training exercise.

Bomb-sniffing dogs are in short supply across the U.S.

The pandemic led to global supply snarls — including a shortage of dogs that detect explosives. One big reason is that the U.S. gets the vast majority of its dogs from other countries.

Jefferson Ncube, an illegal diamond miner from Zimbabwe, works on his latest tunnel at an abandoned De Beers mine near Kleinzee, South Africa. Ncube is a univeristy graduate, but has been unable to find employment.

Diamond diggers in South Africa's deserted mines break the law — and risk their lives

Photos show the desperate search for scraps left by big diamond operators. But amid rampant poverty and unemployment, zama-zamas see no other way to provide for their families.

After winning a prize in Quebec, Michael Kaloki went on to sculpt ice at other competitions, such as the Helsinki Zoo International Ice Carving Festival.

The strange but true story of how a Kenyan youth became a world-class snow carver

Ice sculpting and tropical heat don't usually go together, until Kenyan journalist Michael Kaloki decided to do something "crazy": form a team to represent Africa at the Quebec Winter Carnival.

<em>The Wiz</em> is just one of the shows celebrated in the new Museum of Broadway.

The Museum of Broadway reveals the show behind the show

A new museum celebrating the history of Broadway is now in New York's theater district.

Holiday movies: A Spielberg coming of age story and cannibals

"The Fabelmans" and "Bones and All" don't live up to expectations.

Lindsay Lohan plays a socialite in need of some Christmas magic in Netflix's <em>Falling for Christmas</em>.

Gingerbread! Santa! Moppets! Here's your 2022 holiday movie guide

Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix and ... QVC? Everybody has holiday movies now, and we're here to help you make your way through the snow. With bells on.

Crowds gather at the Rady Shell by Embarcadero Marina Park South Nov. 25, 2022.

San Diego shows out for World Cup watch parties

Thousands gathered at the Rady Shell and several other venues Friday to watch the U.S. team play England to a draw. The festive scenes

Suzan-Lori Parks (right), and the cast of <em>Plays for the Plague Year</em>. Parks, a prolific playwright, is doing something new with this play — she's acting.

For playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, theater doesn't just reflect reality – it creates it

With a revival of her Pulitzer-winning play Topdog/Underdog on Broadway, and her new show about COVID off-Broadway, the acclaimed playwright is still learning new things about herself.

From left, Greta Gerwig as Babette, Raffey Cassidy as Denise, May Nivola as Steffie, Sam Nivola as Heinrich and Adam Driver as Jack in <em>White Noise</em>.

Director Noah Baumbach tackles misinformation in 'White Noise,' wryly

Film director Noah Baumbach speaks with NPR's Steven Inskeep about his latest film, "White Noise," based on the 1985 Don DeLillo novel of the same name

Cameron Bertrand hugs LaShana Hicks at a memorial for those killed in a fatal shooting Wednesday at a Walmart Supercenter in Chesapeake, Va.

Here's what we know about the victims from the Virginia Walmart shooting

Six people lost their lives after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., on Wednesday.

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