The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which helps pay for PBS, NPR, 1,500 local radio and television stations as well as ...

The organization shuts down after almost six decades of fueling production of celebrated educational programming, cultural content, and emergency alerts about natural disasters ...

The end of the Corp. for Public Broadcasting means a halt to decades of renowned educational programming, cultural content and natural disaster alerts.

Big Bird's vaccination announcement received a shout-out from President Joe Biden, who replied, "Good on ya, @BigBird. Getting vaccinated is the best way to keep your whole neighborhood safe." ...

Not to dwell on that little bird but it also reminded me of another bird – Sesame Street’s loveable, 8-foot, 2-inch yellow canary named “Big Bird” – that also played a much-remarked upon ...

Big Bird: I know things are a little different right now, but you could still learn and play together, even on video. My friend, Rosita, has to stay home because her abuelita ("grandma") lives ...

Big Bird reads to Connor Scott and Tiffany Jiao during a taping of Sesame Street in New York, April 10, 2008. Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who has played Big Bird on "Sesame Street" is retiring ...

Big Bird looks at him — he was known for his swoopy nose — and says, [Big Bird voice] “Boy, I thought I had a funny-looking beak.” Here he is, one of the greatest comedians in the world ...

For instance, Big Bird's head weighs four-and-a-half pounds. And the puppet head is in my hand, and that rises a full foot above the top of my head, which is bent over. SIEGEL: He was 91 when he died.

Males slightly outweighed females, but both sexes stood nearly 10 feet tall, Handley says. Big Bird’s rival for bulk is the extinct elephant bird, long billed as the largest fowl on the planet.

“So once in a while, he wouldn’t see Big Bird on some days, because he wasn’t necessarily in every show. So he asked could I telephone him, and talk to the boy, tell him what a good boy he ...

Yes, Big Bird is now on the campaign trail, four weeks out from Election Day. The latest sign: A tongue-in-cheek ad released Tuesday by the Democrats and immediately the target of ridicule by ...