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The partial government shutdown hasn't just shuttered museums in Washington, D.C. Across the U.S., and even beyond its borders, artists and the groups supporting them are grappling with the fallout.

Host Michel Martin continues the conversation about new methods for teaching with a panel of education innovators at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

Those stuck on the "It's a small world" ride were very unlucky. A generator kicked in and the ride's notoriously grating music played for 30 minutes. Power was restored to the park a short time later.

A little more than two years ago, wildlife biologist Mike Fay made an extraordinary 2,000-mile research walk across Africa's Congo Basin, documenting the region's wildlife. But that was hardly the end of his adventures. As NPR's Alex Chadwick reports, Fay has just barely escaped with his life from an encounter with an elephant.

In this installment of our weekly CivicLex Chat, we get the low down on the last scheduled meeting on the comprehensive plan update — which includes urban service boundary guidelines going forward — along with previews of meetings on the Lextran and Parking Authority budgets, and the relaunch of the search for a new city hall.

The Kentucky Department of Education released its annual Unbridled Learning scores Friday. A combination of standardized test results and ratings in…

The Smithsonian held a contest for a drink to celebrate U.S.-British friendship — after the attack 200 years ago. The winner: Gunpowder Cream: a mix of rum, English tea and maple syrup.

Boston's real mayor-elect was celebrating at the Park Plaza Hotel. The Marty Walsh Vice President Joe Biden called was sitting on the couch watching TV with his wife. Walsh told the Boston Globe he wasn't surprised at the mix up.He says he knows eight other Mary Walshes.

It's not really hotel. It's a van, parked on the East River. But it's cheap.

A demand by the city of Lexington that the excavated hole for the CentrePointe parking garage be filled in because they say work has come to a halt at the…