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It's Black History Month and the Up First newsletter wants to highlight local history makers. Do you know anyone who has made a difference and should be celebrated this month? If so, we want to hear.

Lexingtonians can once again talk with each other about their life and times and have that conversation recorded for posterity in the Library of Congress. WUKY's Alan Lytle has details.

Syed was 18 when he was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. Lee was murdered in 1999 when she was also 18.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

Gov. Andy Beshear is pushing back on a foster care report released by the state's Republican auditor, calling it "unreliable."

In eastern Kentucky, Floyd County officials are spearheading several projects aimed at boosting economic and climate resilience in the region. Housing also remains a challenge after years of devastating flooding.

The kecak dance involves a retelling of one of the stories in the Ramayana, the Hindu epic poem. At the story's climax, there is an eruption of fire as tufts of dried coconut husks are set aflame.

Philadelphia native Gene Demby was 4 years old when city police dropped a bomb on a house of black activists in his hometown. Thirty years later, he's still trying to make sense of it all.

The main character in Vendela Vida's new novel is alone in Morocco when her bag with her passport and credit cards is stolen. Vida says The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty was inspired by her own travels.

Horwitz, who died Monday, spoke to Fresh Air in '98 about Confederates in the Attic, his book about the legacy of the Civil War. Plus, Maureen Corrigan reviews his latest book, Spying on the South.