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Students at the prominent historically Black university in Washington, D.C., had been protesting poor housing conditions since Oct. 12. The details of the agreement were not immediately available.

The rate of U.S. gun homicides jumped nearly 35% in 2020 to the highest level in more than 25 years. And gaps widened for groups already at the highest risk, especially Black men and boys.

The leader of Miami-Dade County public schools sharply criticized the Trump administration’s immigration policies Tuesday morning during a keynote that...

Actor David McCallum, known for his role as the eccentric medical examiner on NCIS, died this week. He was 90.

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

As The Uncluded, the two cancel each other's weaknesses — Dawson gains heft, while Aesop Rock lightens up. Critic Robert Christgau says the collaborative album is almost like two halves of a whole.

Slate human guinea pig Emily Yoffe bares it all for the sake of art... Alex Chadwick speaks with Yoffe about her experience being a nude model for an art class. Yoffe has previously visited a hypnotist, entered a matzo ball-eating contest and tried to beat a lie detector test.

Florida's embattled tourism agency handed out multimillion dollar contracts to a federal partnership run by a former agency executive and for a cooking…

Michael Arceneaux graduated from Howard University in 2007 with more than $100,000 of private student loan debt. He reflects on how that debt has shaped his life in a new book of essays.

It's open enrollment time for many people who have health insurance through their job, and Florida’s state employees are among those who are thinking...

The singer, formerly known as Cat Stevens, tackles weighty existential questions by looking backward, using the blues to unlock buried memories.

Novelists like Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood and Stephen King shared discouraging moments in their career after debut author Chelsea Banning tweeted that only two people came to her book signing.

For this week's "Homework" assignment, we ask listeners to perform their own versions of "Deck the Halls." Next week, we'll combine the recordings into a national caroling party.

Biofuel advocate David Blume talks about common misconceptions about the use of ethanol for fuel, and about his vision for decentralized, community supported ethanol production in the United States.

Former President Donald Trump and 18 others have been indicted for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia.

Masa is the corn dough used to create tortillas, tamales and many other foods.

State officials say the decision this week is the most far-reaching action taken since the Biden Administration pardoned low-level federal cannabis offenses in 2022.

The case concerns former President Donald Trump and the alleged mislabeling of payments to adult film actor Stormy Daniels on the eve of the 2016 election.

"System Collapse" is the seventh installation of the series.

Oysters are important for coastal ecosystems.

The new documentary looks at the rise of Christian Nationalism as a political movement through the eyes of theologians and conservative thinkers.

A source has told NPR that Russia is working on developing a space-based nuclear capability that could possibly harm the U.S. and its allies.

The new analysis of reading and math test data comes from from 30 states and some 15 million students.

Ten years ago Congress approved a $15 billion plan to combat HIV in developing countries. Since then, the global health initiative has funded HIV treatment for nearly 7 million people and prevented hundreds of thousands of babies from getting infected during childbirth.

Americans who buy health insurance through their employer are paying more for their monthly premiums, a new study shows.