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The government is struggling to bring all 3 million-plus students back to schools that were shuttered when the pandemic hit. Teachers are ready to resume classes. But obstacles loom.

As the year draws to a close and the news cycle continues to reset every day, let's pause and revisit some of the most important news events from 2017.

The Trump administration is pulling out an old regulation that it believes will be able to meet a conservative goal: cutting a key program's funding for Planned Parenthood. The strategy might work.

The mouse slips, and the emergency room doctor clicks on the wrong number, ordering a medication dosage that’s far too large. Elsewhere, in another ER’s...

Two New England towns dominated the world's ivory market from 1840 to 1940 — transforming imported tusks from African elephants into piano keys and combs. Today's residents grapple with a dark past.

Rep. Tom Price , the physician and Georgia Republican tapped for the nation’s leading health care job, has long criticized federal spending as excessive...

Florida has a reputation for weird news; one need only peruse the @_FloridaMan Twitter account's timeline or do a web search for "FanGate" to see how the…

The pandemic has sparked a sustained, unprecedented tidal wave of home and backyard projects. The demand outstrips the supply of materials and labor to do the work, leaving homeowners to get creative.

On Sunday a federal judge blocked the Trump Administration from deploying national guard troops to Oregon. Oregon's governor, Tina Kotek speaks to NPR's Juana Summers about the next steps.

Two years after the oil deal was signed, it collapsed — with the Taliban accusing the Chinese company of breaching the contract and some Chinese employees likening the Taliban's actions to robbery.

The recent NWSL scandal involving coaches' alleged abusive behavior toward female players has refocused attention on an all-too-familiar problem -– female athletes experiencing abuse and harassment.

A Russian delegation was in Brussels Wednesday to meet with NATO officials, who are trying to head off an invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops massed on the border.

From her earliest days at MGM to The Judy Garland Show, the powerhouse entertainer was singular and enduring.

Drugmakers will be required to pay Medicare back for price increases that outpace inflation. The industry is expected to put up a fight over implementation.

The fast-moving revelations have placed the president under the investigation of a special counsel and ignited Republican criticism. The White House said on Saturday that more documents were found.

Regulators and food manufacturers were caught off guard when a deadly food additive from China turned up in U.S. pet food. Experts say it's a consequence of globalization and America's growing dependence on China for food ingredients.

Under a judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing any content that might contain "protected free speech."

Will AI in health care create a two-tiered system in which poorer people will be seen by a computer instead of a doctor? That's one concern about the burgeoning technology.

The Supreme Court will consider the question: Should doctors treating pregnancy complications follow state or federal law if the laws conflict? Here's how the case could affect women and doctors.

The emergency management agency has long tried to respond to rumors that might delay recovery efforts. But a former FEMA official says the current information environment has never been so bad.

A Miami shoe recycling and reuse company, Sneaker Impact, aims to reduce the environmental and climate footprint of the massive athletic shoe industry.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with longtime China observer Robert Daly about Trump administration plans to revoke Chinese student visas amid assertions of national security concerns.

Deconstruction is a growing approach to taking down homes that diverts waste from landfills, cuts carbon emissions and creates a circular economy for construction materials.

García Luna headed Mexico's federal police and became the country's top public safety official between 2006 and 2012. He was convicted of taking large bribes from drug cartels.

Senate President Wilton Simpson "sprinkled in" the $2 million that would have gone toward increasing access for low-income girls and women to long-acting reversible contraception.