WGCU Site Search | WGCU News | PBS & NPR for Southwest Florida

Sablan Pascale was once told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's most prestigious firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

Very few architects are Black. This woman is pushing to change that

Pascale Sablan was told she'd never become an architect because she's Black and a woman. Now she works for one of the world's top firms and she wants more people who look like her to join the field.

After being booked at the Fulton County jail in Georgia Thursday evening, former President Donald Trump arrived back at the Fulton airport and addressed media gathered, claiming he did nothing wrong and was only contesting what he termed as a rigged election.

Trump surrenders at Atlanta jail on charges he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss

Former President Donald Trump landed in Atlanta shortly after 7 p.m. and was driven, through the city’s rush-hour traffic, to jail for the booking process. After his arrest and booking at the Fulton County jail in Georgia Thursday evening, Trump arrived back at the Atlanta airport and addressed media, claiming he did nothing wrong and was only contesting what he termed as a rigged election.

Will Lewis' first year at 'Washington Post': Cancellations, red ink and an exodus

Subscribers and star journalists have fled the Post in its first year under CEO and Publisher Will Lewis. Now staff have signed a petition asking owner Jeff Bezos to intervene.

Widespread firings start at federal health agencies including many in leadership

Staffers began receiving termination notices this morning as part of a major restructuring at HHS. Some senior leadership are on their way out too.

Come for the roller coaster, stay for the shops: Can malls be fun again?

Mall of America's recipe for success includes an amusement park, pop-up stores, weddings and raves. Can local malls take a page from the country's largest shopping center?

Armed Secret Service agents stand on stage during a shooting incident at the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

Alleged Correspondents' Dinner shooter to appear in court. And, Charles III visits U.S.

The suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting incident is set to appear in federal court today. And, King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in Washington today for a state visit.

Media set up outside the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse on April 27, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

WHCA dinner shooter charged. And, Charles III to address Congress

Cole Allen, the man who tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, is being charged with trying to assassinate President Trump. And, King Charles III is set to address Congress today.

Children ride a bicycle and play in the Roj camp in a Kurdish-held territory in northeast Syria in March. The detention camp houses wives and children of ISIS members.

Wives and children of foreign ISIS fighters stranded in Syria with no way home

NPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria.

Trump says he mulls 'winding down' the Iran war, even as more Marines head to Mideast

The USS Boxer, carrying thousands of Marines, has left California and will reach the Persian Gulf in about three weeks. This, as the energy crisis pushes the Trump administration to lift sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea.

Visitors wait to enter U.S. Supreme Court on June 29, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Justices released several opinions before departing on traditional summer recess.

SCOTUS upholds birthright citizenship. And, key results from Colorado's primaries

The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship on constitutional grounds on the last day of its term. And, a Democratic socialist has won the Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat in Denver.

Search results for