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When you think of innovative universities - the ones that create new technology or make ground-breaking discoveries - you probably think of Duke,…

It’s been an emotional week for lawmakers in Minnesota as they process the shooting death of Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark.

Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes gets the latest on a crush of migrants at the southern border.

In an interview with NPR, The New York Times' new executive editor, Dean Baquet, said Jill Abramson was fired because of her failed relationship with the publisher and with senior editors.

The departure of the director of national intelligence means that almost every senior member of President Trump's original national security team is gone from his or her job.

Philanthropies are funding studies of cheap, existing meds like fluvoxamine as treatments. But early hype about hydroxychloroquine and other drugs leaves researchers leery of hasty conclusions.

From headaches and fatigue to hair loss and sleep troubles, the symptoms marking the transition to menopause can overlap with other conditions. Here's what to know and how to get help.

The Trump administration has talked about prioritizing the opioid crisis, but states have seen little in the way of new resources. And, in some states, getting into treatment is becoming even harder.

Many Florida high schools now teach a cybersecurity program. There's a larger plan to help students figure out what is and isn't true online. Organizers hope it will become a nationwide model.

The public university in Boca Raton could be the first to enter such an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which lists the campus police department as one of 75 entities that have submitted paperwork for consideration.

A group of leading Shiite clerics are holding talks to resolve the U.S. standoff with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose anti-American rhetoric touched off a wave of attacks on U.S.-led forces in several Iraqi cities. Al-Sadr's militiamen have withdrawn from police and government buildings they had occupied, but the security situation remains unstable. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

Senate and House panels are investigating Russian interference in the 2016 elections, and Flynn's lawyer says his client "certainly has a story to tell" in a "politicized witch hunt environment."

The details on FBI employees comes in response to a Justice Department memo last week, asking for names of all current and former FBI personnel who worked on Jan. 6 cases or the prosecution of Hamas leaders.

"Russia attempted to interfere with the last election and ... it continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day," Christopher Wray said at a national security forum.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody asked a federal judge to scrap a 2016 ruling that prevented the state from cutting public money to abortion providers for health services unrelated to abortion.

The county said it is in the "early planning stages" of figuring how to spend the federal money.

The College Football Playoff committee did not have a G5 team in its top 25, but said Memphis was first in line. Thanks to Memphis' loss Friday, that will almost certainly change when the committee's next rankings come out.

Tampa General Hospital and AdventHealth Orlando continued lengthy reigns as best in their respective regions on the U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” list.

A much diminished group of 200 to 300 asylum seekers are straggling into Tijuana, with the bulk arriving Friday. On Sunday, they plan to approach and cross the U.S. border and ask for asylum. The Justice Department has directed U.S. Attorneys to "take immediate action" to send judges and prosecutors to the border to adjudicate cases quickly.

Can anyone stop Nelly Korda? The 25-year-old women's professional golfer is on an epic winning streak and trying to capture her fifth straight in Houston.

Allan Monga of Portland, Maine recently won the right to compete in the national Poetry Out Loud festival. He was initially barred because he's an asylum seeker and not a U.S. citizen.

The avalanche of anti-LGBTQ laws before state legislatures this year is inspiring LGBTQ candidates to seek office. This is even happening in smaller cities and rural parts of the U.S.

Singer Sabrina Carpenter is having a huge year: Two of her singles have hit the Top 10 this summer -- including the inescapable “Espresso.”

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sofía Martínez, an analyst for the International Crisis Group, about the violence driving Central American families to seek asylum in the U.S.

Back in 1999, the Legislature designated U.S. 27 as the Claude Pepper Memorial Highway.