Seven decades after the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, academic reports point to a troubling trend. In the past few ...

Starting Dec. 1, it will be illegal to dispose of lithium-ion batteries in landfills and incinerators. The highly-flammable ...

Millions of Americans have voted in the 2026 midterm election and early voter turnout is higher than in 2018 and 2022 at the same point.

Tech stocks dropped sharply Wednesday, NPR's Leila Fadel asks David Wessel of the Brookings Institution what it means.

Jurors have begun deliberations in the trial of a North Carolina college student 14 years ago. Faith Hedgepeth was a ...

Brazil's octogenarian leftist president has a lot of ground to make up in this Sunday's final electoral round. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva failed to connect with younger voters, favored print media over ...

NPR's Leila Fadel asks former Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer what a seventh term in office for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would mean for the U.S. and Israel.

The decision was years in the making and deeply contentious. Fears of busing and broader desegregation fueled strong ...

Health advocates argue that lung cancer screening guidelines should expand beyond smoking history to factor in risks like family history and radon exposure.

The U.S. and Israel are making moves that point to the possibility of renewed heavy fighting in Iran. The prospect of military escalation is complicated by critical elections in both the U.S. and ...

NPR'S Leila Fadel speaks with retired four-star Gen. Joseph Votel about the war in Iran and the U.S. and Israeli objectives for a potential post-election bombing campaign.

Dr. Dev Sangvai, Secretary of the NC Department of Health and Human Services weighs in on changes to Medicaid and SNAP coverage. Political scientist Andra Gillespie compares North Carolina and Georgia ...