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Novelist John Darnielle — also singer-songwriter with the Mountain Goats — has a hero who wants to honor the victims he's writing about but doesn't much like them.

The Food and Drug Administration is curbing the use of two out of three monoclonal antibody treatments because new data shows they aren't effective against the omicron variant.

Superintendents have to be well-qualified -- and be willing to weather problems ranging from curriculum and staffing to pandemic issues, such as online learning and mask mandates.

Save the Redwoods League purchased and donated the 523-acre area to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wildnerness Council, a group of 10 tribes that have been connected to the land for thousands of years.

One of the world's most influential Zen masters, Thich Nhat Hanh championed "engaged Buddhism," which combines meditation and anti-war work. He died Jan. 22. Originally broadcast in 1997.

Thrity Umrigar's novel is about India's humanitarian crisis — with its depictions of misogyny and scenes of public shaming, mistreatment and torture — but it's also about a transformative journey.

The understaffed and overworked Internal Revenue Service is bracing for difficulties. COVID-19 relief, child tax credits and a backlog of 2020 returns will only complicate matters.

The Khmer Rouge killed as many as 2 million Cambodians in the 70s. Decades later, a tribunal was set up to help find justice. 15 years later, it's ending having found just three people guilty.

A cohort of local government workers, University of South Florida students, Audubon Florida representatives and ICLEI trainers will be tracking greenhouse gases this spring semester.

The officers are facing an internal investigation into "lack of sensitivity to the public and failure to follow police policy" in the separate, active cases of Lauren Smith-Fields and Brenda Rawls.

A measure aimed at improving tenant safety after a college student was slain in her Orlando apartment is advancing in the Legislature.

Cervical cancer, which is largely preventable, and if caught early, highly treatable, has an outsized impact on Black women's mortality, a January study finds.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Atlantic contributor Yair Rosenberg about the danger posed by centuries-old antisemitic conspiracy theories to American democracy and society in general.

When the state consolidated the Cabinet down to three positions nearly two decades ago, Florida law failed to update accordingly.

The ruling temporarily blocks a judge's order that would have banned the use of absentee ballot drop boxes in the swing state.

A document obtained by NPR through a public records request shows that Holmes reported to local authorities that she was allegedly assaulted in a frat house while she was attending the school.

Malik was sworn in on Monday, shattering a glass ceiling in a country where only about 17% of judges are women.

The $10 billion telescope is nearly ready to begin capturing images that scientists hope will help uncover the mysteries of the universe — and scope out other possible habitable planets.

Ali's memoir is intelligent and incisive in its arguments against "whiteness" but focuses, too, on hope and heart — calling for a more compassionate world through community and solidarity.

The road to a U visa is long, and difficult to navigate. Proposed rule changes in New York City may streamline the process, and provide a model for other law enforcement agencies around the country.

NPR has obtained an internal investigative report that alleges mismanagement at a little-known federal agency in charge of producing and distributing official documents, including 2020 census forms.

Carlos do Carmo helped popularize fado, Portugal's national music, and gave it a political edge when Portugal's dictatorship fell in 1974. This past weekend, he brought fado to New York.

NPR's A Martinez speaks to Superintendent Alberto Carvalho about the challenges facing schools amid the omicron surge. Carvalho talks about his goals for the nation's second largest school district.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposed congressional map would eliminate two of the state's African-American congressional districts. Voting rights advocates say the map would dilute minority voting power in the state.

The flower is found only in Florida and Cuba, and only 1,500 are believed to remain in the state.