The Kentucky Board of Education has passed a resolution supporting public dollars for public education. The statement, ...

The award is shared by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their ...

Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfuly ...

The private prison company CoreCivic operates four prisons in Tennessee, a service for which the state pays over $200 million ...

Asian Americans are the fastest growing-voting group in the country. That means parties are courting them in tight races in ...

Eden Alonso-Rivera of Grandville, Mich. is the high school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. Her winning entry, "A ...

China deployed ships and warplanes in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan Monday, simulating the sealing off of ...

Over 4,500 square miles of ocean will be protected off the California coast. It will also be managed in partnership with the ...

Bob Woodward speaks to NPR about the revelations in his new book, and recounts how key moments and meetings in recent years ...

With only weeks to a divisive election it can be hard to talk politics. Polarization can damage our relationships and our ...

Europa Clipper will make a six-year journey to Jupiter to study Europa, an icy-surfaced moon that scientists believe has ...

Craig Breedlove became the first person to drive faster than 500 miles per hour. But his record-breaking run almost ended in ...