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The Florida Department of Education says the statewide graduation rate for the 2024-2025 school year was 92.2%.

The UNAIDS annual report warns that Trump-era HIV funding cuts could lead to 6 million more infections and 4 million deaths by 2029 — as low-income countries struggle to fill the gap.

Janice Burgess, the Nickelodeon television executive who oversaw shows like Blue Clues, Little Bill, and The Backyardigans, has died at 72. She's remembered for inspiring kids' sense of adventure.

Colorado has been the talk of college football, but they were beat by the Oregon Ducks 42-6. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Washington Post columnist Kevin Blackistone, who appears regularly on ESPN.

Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, is set to launch as early as 6:24 p.m. Wednesday.

Five candidates are running for District 6, which represents downtown St. Pete. Two are in the contest for District 2, in the city's northeast.

That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.

Long before the phone call that sparked a whistleblower complaint and then an impeachment inquiry, the story of Ukraine was a preoccupation for the president.

The pandemic has been stressful for millions of children. If that stress isn't buffered by caring adults, it can have lifelong consequences. There's a lot schools can do to keep that from happening.

The U.S. sends reinforcements to Iraq after the Embassy is attacked. North Korea's leader says he's no longer bound by a nuclear missile moratorium. And, 2020 promises plenty of political headlines.

The U.S. has reported far more cases of coronavirus than any other country. How did the country not see this coming as recently as late February? What went wrong with the messaging from the top?

For nearly all its history, snowboarding has been a sport that is disproportionately white. Through his Hoods to Woods Foundation, Brian Paupaw is trying to change that.

The podcast Parched, looks at the drought that has plagued the southwestern U.S. for more than 20 years, how we got here and what we can do about it.

On a recent visit, NPR journalists witnessed a country in transformation that was at turns impressive, surreal, beautiful, melancholy and human. Still, its leaders retain tight control over society.

The accused leaker of some Pentagon documents was caught earlier with classified material. Pakistani forces surround ex-Prime Minister Imran Kahn's home. Montana is the first state to ban TikTok.

The twin bombings of 2013 cast a long shadow on Monday's race. But the crowds basked in the sunshine today, as American Meb Keflezighi ended a 31-year drought for U.S. men in the Boston Marathon.

Read an exclusive excerpt of Caitlin Moran's rollicking new autobiographical novel about a girl who, after a terrible embarrassment, reinvents herself as a hard-drinking, wild-living music critic.

As China approaches a once-in-a-decade leadership transition, fissures in the country's political system are deepening. A scandal involving a top official has left the party reeling, and calls for reforms are mounting steadily. Critics say the communists of today have become what they once opposed.

WHO cautions disease may kill more people in Gaza than combat. The New York Times sues ChatGPT's OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, and 2023 is expected to be the hottest year on record.

Fast fashion retailers like Shein sell t-shirts for less than $5 apiece. This business model, along with social media, fuels an erosion in the quality of clothing at every level. What price are we really paying for super-affordable fashion?

Store owners and clerks, the gatekeepers to potential fortunes, are among the state’s biggest lottery winners.

Israel and Lebanon officials are set to meet today as U.S.-Iran peace talks continue. And, a federal judge declined to block Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting.

The design process for new memorials shouldn't be fast-tracked or dictated by a select few, experts say. But a small group of people close to President Trump played an outsized role in the arch's quick approvals.

The sheer volume of loss felt by the music world in 2020 is almost overwhelming. Here is NPR's tribute to dozens of the musicians — founders and innovators across genres — who died this year.