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An estimated 6.6 million students can't obtain their transcripts or degrees for having unpaid bills as low as $25 or less. Several states have passed or are considering laws to curb the practice.

Police arrested at least 35 people after activists set heavy equipment on fire. Tensions have been building for years over the plan to build a large police training facility.

A new report confirms a deep decrease in the world's childhood death rate. But it takes note of what the authors call an "astronomically high" rate of death after hospitalization.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Joan Kautz of Ironstone Vineyards, a winery in California, about the impact of Canadian tariffs on the U.S. alcohol industry.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be facing a huge leadership vacuum, as Director Susan Monarez is forced out by RFK Jr. and the Trump administration.

Scientists are developing new gigapixel cameras that take extremely high-resolution images with astonishing detail. Who needs to see the world with this kind of super-eye?

The Americans and the Europeans have different approaches to horse racing, and one key split is over the question of doping. While many drugs are allowed in the U.S., they are banned in European racing.

Start Peninsula is one resource to help those starting small businesses test their idea and connect with local mentors.

It was a busy week in politics, capped off by Trump's airstrikes on Syria. But also, Neil Gorsuch was confirmed, reports emerged about power struggles in the White House, and the Senate changed rules.

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.