Abbie Fentress Swanson

Iran has tentatively agreed to ship most of its low-enriched uranium to Russia for conversion to medical use uranium.

To celebrate, museum admission is free today from 10 AM to 5:45 PM.

In a report released today, a government watchdog says the $700 billion financial industry bailout has helped bring the economy back from the brink of collapse.

Raphael's Head of a Muse may sell for more than $20 million, the art auction house Christie's International announced today.

A day in the life of a Japanese samurai will go on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Wednesday.

At least four people have been killed by two explosions on the campus of the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan.

The U.N.-backed Independent Electoral Commission found that President Karzai did not win the Afghan election in August. Karzai has agreed to a November 7 run-off.

A tradition of many years at WQXR is the Washington Report, during which David Sanger joins us with a preview of the week's top stories.

Students in New York City schools with the most access to arts education and resources had higher graduation rates, according to a report released Monday by the nonprofit group, Center for Arts Education.

El Museo del Barrio New York celebrates its 40th anniversary Saturday, October 17.

A suicide bomber killed 12 people, including an imam, and wounded at least thirty others in northern Iraq, after opening fire on mosque worshippers Friday during prayers.

Four more American troops have died in southern Afghanistan after their patrol vehicle hit an improvised explosive device.

The 1960s musical “Bye Bye Birdie” opened last night on Broadway for the first time in almost 50 years.

In another strike aimed directly at Pakistan's police services, at least 11 people have died and 15 have been injured by bombs detonated outside a station in the northwest city of Peshawar.

Fabio Luisi will replace Andrew Davis as conductor of all "Hansel and Gretel" performances at the Metropolitan Opera this season.

The New York City Ballet, the New School and the Joyce Theater Foundation all have one thing in common today: they each got up to $250,000 in grant money from the Rockefeller Foundation.

Retail sales may be down nationwide, but economists say low inflation will slowly drive consumers to shop.

Two Queens men have been arrested for yelling anti-gay slurs, as well as taunting, punching and kicking Jack Price after Price left a 24-hour deli near his home October 8.

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted to make a dozen Chelsea row houses once used as an Underground Railroad stop a historic district.

Senate leaders will begin today to merge the Senate Finance Committee's 10-year $829 billion health care bill approved yesterday, with another more liberal bill which was passed in July in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.