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Blanche Ely High and William Dandy Middle are the first schools in the district to house Health and Resource Hubs, offering preventative screenings, general check-ups, counseling and more.

Congress returns this week. Republicans are hopeful they will maintain their House majority in the next Congress. In the Senate, Republicans will choose the next majority leader.

A Palestinian gunman has killed five people in a suburb of Tel Aviv. It's the latest in a series of attacks that left 11 people dead in just over a week.

Democrats enjoyed major wins beyond just the marquee races, up and down the ballot — and across the country — continuing the party's momentum heading into the 2026 midterm elections.

The former Massachusetts Air National Guard member, Jack Teixeira, has been sentenced to 15 years in a federal prison for leaking classified documents about the war in Ukraine.

Democratic congressional leaders are urging a cautious approach to impeaching President Trump while a historic number of Democratic presidential candidates are stepping up to unseat him.

Craig Breedlove became the first person to drive faster than 500 miles per hour. But his record-breaking run almost ended in disaster.

The Zodiac can be a gateway into the graceful movements of the night sky. And it turns out our view of those constellations has changed since they were first mapped thousands of years ago.

In the 1950s and '60s, rock climber Royal Robbins put up big wall routes on cliffs in the Yosemite Valley that nobody had ever imagined. He also wrote influential books on climbing, and helped change rock climbing practices to be more environmentally sensitive. Robbins died on Tuesday at the age of 82.

New military standards for grooming and appearance have some worried about religious and racial discrimination, particularly the guidance that men must be clean shaven.

Moderate Democrats made a political calculation to end the shutdown but try to keep health care in the spotlight.

NPR gets a rare glimpse inside the Israeli-occupied zone of devastated Gaza.

Congestion pricing was introduced on Sunday morning in the center of New York City — despite a late attempt by New Jersey to stop it in court.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani took the oath of office in New York City after midnight Thursday. The city's first Muslim mayor, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has promised to focus on affordability and fairness.

NPR's Tamara Keith steps into the cocktail bar Death & Co in Washington, D.C., to find out which movie-inspired drinks will set the mood for New Year's Eve.

Funeral directors in 15 states can now offer "water cremation," in which bodies are dissolved in a chemical solution. Some see it as more eco-friendly and less traumatic than consumption by flame.

Violent storms and tornadoes swept across Iowa on Tuesday, leaving multiple people dead and dozens injured. The city of Greenfield in southwestern Iowa took a direct hit from a powerful twister.

Car trouble can set off a financial crisis for low-income people. In Dallas, a small nonprofit is trying to help, one car repair at a time.

Head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi says the financial crisis has exposed the inadequacy of the euro monetary union. The head of the European Central Bank says flaws in the system need to be fixed.

Crews began moving artifacts from inside the Pulse Nightclub ahead of plans to begin clearing the site next year.

The women's figure skating individual event got underway at the Beijing Olympics. It's the highlight of any Games, but is now layered with drama with the inclusion of Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

Ukraine's power plant employees are battling to keep the infrastructure running in the face of Russian attacks.

The federal agency for protecting workers' civil rights revealed Wednesday that it is investigating sportswear giant Nike for allegedly discriminating against white employees.

When the Ford Model T first hit the road in the early 20th century, it didn’t just change how Americans got around. It transformed the country itself.

Scientists have figured out how massive chunks of ice trigger these seismically detectable events when they break off a glacier. The findings could help researchers track ice loss from glaciers.