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Hundreds of thousands of borrowers are eligible to have their student loans erased because a disability keeps them from working. NPR found many will likely never get the debt relief they're owed.

Uganda is challenging morphine's reputation as an archaic, dangerous drug — and inspiring other African countries to do the same.

Chicago's mayor says there must be honesty and integrity in government. Activists and legal experts say the shake-up in the country's second-largest police department provides a time for change.

A local artist is turning the mountains of plastic garbage that wash up on beaches into dramatic sculptures of the very marine life threatened by the deluge of plastics.

Three escaped inmates from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada were charged in the killing of a U.S. couple whose catamaran they hijacked, police said. The couple's bodies have not been found.

A federal team continues to focus on construction flaws in the pool deck as it investigates the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Fla. in 2021 which killed 98 people.

George Santos, disgraced and ejected from the House, says he will seek office again on Long Island. He'll face Rep. Nick LaLota in the GOP primary.

In his State of the Union address Thursday, President Biden highlighted key achievements of his first term and made the case that voters should give him a second. Here are six highlights.

NPR's A Martinez talks to retired NASA astronaut Terry Virts about his friend British businessman Hamish Harding, who is on board the submersible missing since Sunday's trip to view the Titanic.

Austin Simmons, a sophomore, compiled a 5.3 GPA in his high school core classes and completed 15 college credits. He's enrolling at Ole Miss in the fall — two years early. He's also a quarterback.