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In some cities, Lyft is allowing women and non-binary passengers to match with women and non-binary drivers. It comes in the wake of lawsuits saying the company failed to protect users from assault.

After six years of self-imposed exile, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are leaving California and moving back to the United Kingdom.

The deal was announced after days of speculation over where the unique, two-way star would continue his career after six seasons with the Los Angeles Angels.

Technologies like GPS and social media are posing new challenges to interpreting the Constitution's guarantees of privacy and free speech. Law professor and journalist Jeffrey Rosen says we're now in an era the Founding Fathers could never have imagined, in which private companies are determining the rules for what can be shared.

A federal judge announced on Tuesday that ICE has reached an agreement with schools that sued it over the rule change. The directive will now be rescinded nationwide.

Fentrice Driskell of Tampa became the first Black woman to serve as Democratic leader in the Florida House of Representatives.

The Latin American Library at Tulane University is digitizing a whopping collection of Cold War-era, must-hear entertainment — Spanish language radionovelas made by Cuban emigrés in Miami.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kristin Urquiza of Marked By Covid and Sallie Lynch of Tuesday's Children about meaningful ways to grieve the nearly 300,000 Americans who've died from COVID-19.

Tony Hudgell, a 5-year-old boy with prosthetic legs, walked six miles to raise money for a London hospital that saved his life. He lost his legs as an infant due to abuse.

A battle is playing out at the state Supreme Court about whether customers of Florida Power & Light should pay for an environmental clean-up project...

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has put out a list of things the federal government can do to get schools to reopen. It's not clear how many districts are currently closed for in-person learning.

Republicans are targeting Virginia's 7th Congressional District, currently represented by Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger, in next year's midterm elections.

While the United States debates the reopening of schools, NPR correspondents discuss experiences of Germany, Israel and Thailand as they reopen classrooms during the pandemic.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with musical artist Shaboozey about his new album and his musical journey that started in Virginia with a Nigerian immigrant father who loved country music.

A 29-year-old woman confided her suicidal thoughts to an AI chatbot — not to her therapist, not to her parents, not to her best friend. What can AI learn from her death?

Thousands were in Rome to witness the funeral of Pope Francis.

Bumble, known for allowing women to message men first, unveiled new features that allow men to make the first move. Will the change breathe new life into online dating, and the company's stock?

NPR spoke with a few student leaders about their graduations speeches and how a not-so-typical senior year inspired their words for the class of 2020.

Sweden took in a record number of asylum seekers last year, among them 35,000 children who arrived without their parents. The luckiest are in foster care with Swedish families.

Betts wrote his latest collections of poems 15 years after serving more than eight years in prison. That dark, isolating period marked the beginnings of his poetry career.

The British comedian has made his name playing losers on TV. But he says performing stand-up in front of New Yorkers helped him really find his stride. He discusses his love of the U.S., his philosophy about comedy and his special, Out of England, which debuts Saturday on HBO.

Some people cannot live without wheat products while others have to. A component of wheat called gluten has been discovered to trigger allergies, even in small amounts. The federal government will require manufacturers to list wheat among other allergens in food packaging.

Madeleine Brand speaks with Slate military affairs contributor Fred Kaplan about how Hurricane Katrina could affect prospects for restructuring the bureaucracy in the Department of Homeland Security. That department oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), widely blamed for confusion in post-storm relief efforts.

Millions have discovered the now-familiar landmarks of California's Yosemite Valley through the extraordinary black-and-white photographs of Ansel Adams. Now, jazz legend Dave Brubeck aims to bring musical emotion to the experience of viewing Adams' work with a new piece.

Philadelphia is expected to have its first female mayor after Cherelle Parker won today's Democratic primary in the city's mayoral election.