NPR's Scott Simon asks the Washington Post's Laura Meckler about the long-term consequences of the Trump administration's legal battle with Harvard University.

In rural Colorado, Medicaid coverage is integral to both people's health and the local economy. Proposed changes such as work requirements, could ripple through communities.

Fresh statistics on building permits and builder sentiment show a challenging environment for home builders and indicate fewer homes will be built in the U.S.

Author Yiyun Li has lost two teenage sons to suicide. Her new book is about how to think about life after the unimaginable. It's called "Things in Nature Merely Grow." ...

Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention ...

Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sit-com "Cheers." He ...

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers ...

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In 2005, two Chicago titans made a generational classic and then sprinted in opposite directions, each daring the rest of hip ...

The NSC has traditionally played a pivotal role in advising the president for his biggest diplomatic and security decisions.

A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to ...

Young people in Montana won a lawsuit against the state for promoting fossil fuels, saying it violated the right to "a clean and healthful environment." This year, lawmakers tried to change that.