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A national report card out Thursday shows CMS 4th graders ahead of their peers in similar urban districts when it comes to science. CMS tops Austin,…

Conference USA is in a state of transition, with six of its 11 football teams going into their last seasons in the league. Western Kentucky coach Tyson Helton was a freshman quarterback when Houston won the first C-USA football title in 1996. He's now going into his fourth season with the Hilltoppers, who are one of five teams that will be staying.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with New York Times reporter Eric Lipton about the number of industry executives and lobbyists running cabinet agencies in the Trump administration.

Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned, accusing the paper's publisher of killing her piece on owner Jeff Bezos' overhaul of its opinion pages.

The winners of this year's Pulitzer Prizes in journalism, fiction, poetry, drama, music, biography, history and nonfiction were announced Monday at Columbia University in New York.

Part of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' resiliency this campaign cycle is because of his popularity with Latinos. Polling indicates Sanders is the preferred candidate for a plurality of Latinos.

Chris Rock's new comedy is strong on industry satire, but gets a little watery with the romance.

Pamela Talkin was the court's marshal; Christine Luchok Fallon was its reporter of decisions.

Republicans in Wisconsin are trying to remove the state's top elections official, whose role is non-partisan. Many Republicans are still contesting the results of the 2020 election.

President-elect Joe Biden has picked Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary, ex-Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary and Gina McCarthy as White House climate coordinator.

After initially passing on it last month, North Dakota GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer will challenge Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. Republicans had been struggling to recruit strong candidates in top races.

The Alabama native has died after battling leukemia. Goldsmith won the top prize on Chopped Junior when he was 14, before moving on to Top Chef Junior.

Though the singer's latest song is essentially wordless, the dark world she spins into life flutters with loneliness and grief. It's from her newly announced album, Will,out May 6 on Dead Oceans.

The Washington Post reports some documents recovered from Donald Trump's residence were marked top secret. NPR's Leila Fadel asks ex-federal prosecutor Brandon Van Grack about any legal ramifications.

Five must-hear songs, including a Belgian artist with more than 180 million YouTube views, a wry outsider's take on "sweet France" and an earworm from American Top 40 rooted in the Balkans.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits Mexico to discuss issues including border security, trade and fractious relations between the two neighboring countries.

Want to take a tour of the world's first full-scale nuclear reactor? It's in Richland, Wash., and if you're lucky, your guide will be one of the people who worked here when the place was still new. Physicist Paul Vinther signed on at the plant in June 1950, and he now gives tours.

Puerto Rico's power grid was in bad shape even before Hurricane Maria knocked power out to nearly the entire island. Officials say it will be at least six months for the lights to come back on.

When visitors make their way to Italy's pavilion at Dubai Expo 2020, most will only see the head of Michelangelo's famous statue.

President Biden heads to Asia Friday for a meeting of the Quad group, which includes leaders from India, Japan and Australia. The unspoken focus of the gathering is China.