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American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky died this week at 29 years old — just two weeks shy of his 30th birthday. His peers remember him as humble despite his immense skill.

NPR's Juana Summers talks to Bennett from the centrist think tank Third Way, about what he heard from leaders in the Democratic party and what he thinks about Trump's joint session of Congress speech.

Millions of adults struggle every day with basic tasks, like reading a bill or a bus schedule. Those with limited literacy find all kinds of ways to hide their rudimentary schooling. Many are unemployed. And those who have jobs are usually stuck at the lowest rungs of the economic ladder.

A dedicated group of fathers in Los Angeles is working to help neighborhood dads do better by their children and their community.

Back in 2015, he made headlines for being the first openly transgender athlete to compete on a Division 1 NCAA sports team.

Live audiences help comics get exposure and work out new material. Colin Quinn says virtual platforms don't replicate "the tension" of being in front of a room full of strangers.

Jonah Goldberg, conservative columnist and editor of National Review Online, argues in his new book that liberals use catchphrases to avoid engaging in actual arguments over ideas.

Colin Meloy writes novels in the forms of songs. His band The Decemberists returns with their ninth studio album, As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again.

We know that illicit fentanyl is flowing into the U.S. from Mexico. Yet we rarely hear from the couriers who smuggle most of it through legal ports of entry. This is one of their stories.

Wild hogs inflict $1.5 billion in damage on U.S. property each year. But biologists can now track the elusive animals via tiny bits of DNA the swine leave behind in puddles and ponds.

Most abortion funds in Texas stopped operations after the state implemented pre-Roe laws, following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.

Starting in 2025, there will be a cap on patient spending on drugs if you're covered by Medicare. But that's about where the cap on Medicare costs stops.

During the Civil War, Abraham Galloway escaped enslavement and became a Union spy – but his name has largely been left out of the history books.

Students at Columbia occupying a building to protest Israel’s war in Gaza say they will not leave until the university divests its money from Israel and grants them amnesty.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Bloomberg's Stacey Vanek Smith about why the U.S. Treasury acted to push down long-term bond yields and how that relates to the ballooning U.S. debt.

Debbie Elliott has an update on the "Prizewinner of Defiance, Ohio." Terry Ryan's memoir about her mother was made into a movie that got lost in the Hollywood shuffle. A small theater in Missouri has rescued the film from oblivion.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has charged a white father and son in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. The arrests follow the release of cellphone video of the February altercation.

Legendary NBA head coach Phil Jackson and sports writer Sam Smith talk about the stars who helped define the sport, including Jordan, Kobe, Shaq and "bad boy" Dennis Rodman.

NPR's Michel Martin asks former Obama administration official Benjamin Gedan about the viability of the Trump administration's plan for Venezuelan oil.

The House and Senate began putting together budget proposals to address such issues as Everglades restoration and land acquisition.

The College Football Playoff final kicks off Monday night between Indiana and Miami. Top-ranked Indiana is undefeated and had a remarkable year, in part, because of coach Curt Cignetti.

NASA is seeking a second batch of volunteers to test out living facility that will replicate life on Mars. Scott talks with behavioral ecologist Kelly Weinersmith about the experiment.

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood hopes to rehire many of the more than 1,500 employees furloughed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Kentucky's abortion ban went into effect immediately when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday morning. Opponents and supporters of the ban are now grappling with new realities.

The board voted unanimously in support of the second price hike in four years, raising school lunch to $3.75 in middle and high school, and making breakfasts $2.25 across the board.