The Latest Breaking News from PBS

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A new PBS series details how African Americans created their own world in the face of white exclusion

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Loretta Lynn, an iconic singer who at one time was known as the Queen of Country Music, has died, according to a statement her family provided to The Associated Press. She was 90.

Robert Keith Packer, a 57-year-old Virginian, achieved a measure of infamy at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot when he was photographed wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with a skull and crossbones along with the words “Camp Auschwitz.” “Work Brings Freedom,” the front said, a translation of the notorious motto “Arbeit macht…

An investigation by The Associated Press and the PBS series “Frontline” has documented a sophisticated Russian-run smuggling operation that has used falsified manifests and seaborne subterfuge to steal Ukrainian grain worth at least $530 million

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Those who think we should tell only happy stories about America will not want to watch the new PBS Ken Burns documentary, “The U.S. and the Holocaust.”

The government will slash the cost of popular medications as it begins what it says is the biggest shakeup to the PBS in its 75-year history.

Australian patients will save up to $130 million with new medicines being listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from the beginning of October.

NEW YORK — Playwright Lynn Nottage described writing the opera adaption of her “Intimate Apparel” play as revisiting “an old friend” — and PBS viewers will get to experience the 2004 work which premieres Friday.

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