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Angeline Murimirwa leads CAMFED, a group that has given scholarships to 4.8 million girls in Africa. And now the group has been awarded the $2.5 million Hilton Humanitarian Prize.

He said the bill was an assault on First Amendment rights of free speech and assembly.

But the justice was philosophical about the outcome: "I wrote a dissent — and that's the way it works," he said. The decision was part of what court watchers call the "shadow docket."

After 9/11, security measures on the streets of Washington, D.C., ramped up. Now dialed down, the way Americans access their government changed — and new threats show this security may not be enough.

The tightened security that followed 9/11 irreparably changed the U.S.-Mexico border region. Border agents see themselves as fighting terrorism, but it's unlikely a terrorist has ever crossed there.

Hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Florida dropped to 13,034 on Wednesday.

Risking beatings by the Taliban, Afghan women have taken to the streets to protest against the hard-line regime, its new curbs on their rights — and Pakistan's influence in their country.

Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Texas law clashes with Supreme Court precedent and could be a model for how states could put other constitutional rights in jeopardy.

Firefighters who lost colleagues and loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001 kept up with their work for many months following the attack. WUSF's Kerry Sheridan tells what she learned about grief in writing about their work.

The president outlined a forthcoming federal rule that all businesses with 100 or more employees have to ensure that every worker is either vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician, on President Biden's strategy to slow the spread of the coronavirus delta variant.

Moisture associated with Tropical Storm Mindy could produce localized flooding and frequent lightning as the storms move from southwest to northeast.

The New Zealand singer worked with a team of language experts to re-record five of her new songs in the indigenous Māori language, released just in time for Māori Language Week.

The Los Angeles Unified School District voted Thursday to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The board said the vote was about protecting students, not violating rights.

The Titanokorys gainesi, which is now extinct, was a 1 1/2-foot-long sea animal — gigantic for its time — with a large protective shell over its head, a toothed mouth and a pair of spiny claws.

A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows unusually wide support for resettling Afghans allies. Even many Republicans who favor tighter controls on immigration say the U.S. should help those who fled the Taliban.

Megan Alexandra Blankenbiller got sick before she was able to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and she spent her time in the hospital trying to help others to get the shot.

Ian Millhiser covers the Supreme Court for Vox. He says the Court's decision to uphold the law was a generational victory for abortion opponents: "They've spent many decades working for this moment."

The actress received the award at the Venice International Film Festival, saying she was accepting it on behalf of "all the courageous heroines of the world."

Many rely on the Klamath River Basin on the California border, especially with the historic draught in the West. Things got heated this summer between the area's tribes and ranchers.

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the nation paused to remember. Ceremonies took place at memorials in New York City; in Shanksville, Pa.; and at the Pentagon.

NPR is covering services marking the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shansksville, Pennsylvania.

Several studies over the past year and a half have arrived at the same conclusion: mask wearing significantly limits transmission of the coronavirus in schools.

The COVID-19 vaccines continue to provide powerful protection, even against the delta variant, the CDC said. It also found that vaccinated people were 10 times less likely to be hospitalized.

In addition to $10 tickets for select seats, the Rays will offer discounts on some concessions.