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The middle school winner of NPR’s Student Podcast Challenge tells how her golden retriever, Lopez, helped restore her independence.

For years Luis Montero Adams and his sister Stephanie Machado, who are U.S. citizens but lived in Mexico, traveled across the border to attend U.S. schools. Then Sept. 11 forced them to make a choice.

E-cigarettes hit the market about 20 years ago, and became a hit among teenagers. A new survey, however, finds far fewer teens used e-cigarettes over the past year.

Questions remain over this week's school shooting that killed two students and two teachers, as the father of the 14-year-old shooter is charged with manslaughter.

LL Cool J is out with his first album in over a decade. He says on Morning Edition, "I've been here for years, baby. How are you going to call it a comeback?"

A quarter of a million people in the U.S. wear electronic ankle monitors, in lieu of prison time. One of them will be a contestant this month on the ABC reality show “Dancing with the Stars.”

The unemployment rate in August fell to 4.2% from 4.3% in July, according to the Labor Department. But employers added 142,000 jobs last month, less than consensus forecasts that ranged from 160,000 to 165,000 jobs to be created.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Lucy Sorensen, an associate professor of public policy at the University of Albany, about the role of armed school resource officers.

The middle school winner of NPR's Student Podcast Challenge tells how her golden retriever, Lopez, changed her life.

As intense heat is baking Southern California, a team of volunteers at Joshua Tree National Park is trying to prevent heat-related accidents.

Jessica Pegula and Aryna Sabalenka will play Saturday for the championship. The men's field will be narrowed to two players on Friday.

Significant changes in the U.S. population in the last two decades have already made an impact on politics. Here's how it's playing out in the seven most closely watched states this election.