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Lawmakers are already seeking about $120 million for projects and programs in their local communities, while the latest state revenue estimates have…

The origin of the University of South Florida Jabil Innovation Institute is like that of many great ideas thoughout history – drawn up on a cocktail…

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Brian Rosenberg, who spent 17 years as president of Macalester College in Minnesota, about the difficulties of being a college president, especially during protests.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with journalist Tariro Mzezewa about the podcast, Peak Travel, that explores how tourism affects local communities.

What's the political debate like in a swing ward -- in a swing town -- in a swing county -- in a swing state? We travel to Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley.

Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri talks about his mission to hold tech companies accountable even as they try to align themselves with President Donald Trump.

President Trump is attending Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner where presidents have historically poked fun at themselves while celebrating the journalists who cover them, something Trump has not easily done in the past.

A debate over the Bible verse Matthew 25 is pitting mainline pastors, Black protestants and the pope against evangelical politicians put on the defensive over President Trump's policies.

The Supreme Court will decide this month whether the Trump administration can include a question about citizenship on the 2020 Census, and Florida...

Israelis are grappling with the question of how much exposure to give a far-right politician who has a chance of becoming an Israeli Cabinet minister after next month's elections.

Many Mexicans living abroad cast votes in Sunday's election. This was the first national election in Mexico that accepted absentee ballots. But poor planning and advertising stymied the effort.

Farmworkers in Washington state have gone to court to demand overtime pay. Coronavirus outbreaks in agricultural communities have focused new attention on working conditions and pay on farms.

Author Michael Pollan explores the evolutionary reasons behind why we've learned to cook with fire in his book The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. Pollan says that grilling outdoors is one of the highest honors we can bestow on a guest.

Why don't woodpeckers get headaches? Why don't people like the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard? And what happens when you break a piece of raw spaghetti? Those are big questions, and solving them would be worthy of an award — well, at least an Ig Nobel award.

Social networking, user feedback and Tweeting are now common Web experiences. Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, isn't surprised. He knows what works online, what doesn't, and why — and he just might know what's next.

Anticipation was high among fans, but the Bulls couldn't get past the Louisville Cardinals. While disappointed by the 83-79 loss, fans appreciated the team's effort.

Before joining the notoriously shocking rap crew, Campbell was a party-rocking DJ in Miami. Even then, he knew that being aggressively different could lead to success.

The rapper and DJ, who died over the weekend at 43, was the biggest hit for the indie label Big Oomp Records. Its brief but shining moment injected fun back into a scene in transition.

Mark Anthony Neal details why he has chosen not to participate in this weekend's Millions More Movement march. Neal is an associate professor with the Department of African and African-American Studies at Duke University and author of New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity.

David Esterly's life was changed in the 1970s when he came across wood carvings done by Grinling Gibbons more than 300 years earlier. Esterly became a wood carver, and even re-created one of Gibbons' pieces that was destroyed in a fire.

The final episode of the HBO Max comedy added an extra emotional punch. After five seasons, it wasn't quite necessary.

On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.9% from February.

A continuous glucose monitor is a small device that sticks to your arm. Every few minutes it sends a signal to your phone estimating your blood sugar levels. But can it improve your health?

The Trump administration has threatened to stop brokering peace talks between Russian and Ukraine if progress isn't made soon, raising anxiety in Ukraine after a string of deadly Russian attacks.

Brazil has more law schools the rest of the world combined and more lawyers per capita than the U.S. But there's a huge legal backlog: One department of five judges is now handling 1.6 million cases.