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How troubled is Boeing? NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to aviation expert William McGee about the challenges facing the aerospace giant.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with William O'Neill, the United Nations independent expert on Human Rights in Haiti, about the Kenyan-led multinational force deploying to Haiti to help restore order there.

March Madness is in full swing. And the University of North Carolina is one of the 16 teams still in the mix for an NCAA men's basketball national championship. But the Tar Heels also field a second and far less successful junior varsity basketball team.

Daytime booze-free parties at coffee shops are gaining steam around the country. In predominantly white Seattle, these parties are also a space to connect for people with Latino roots.

The Trump administration proposed significant cuts to NASA, and federal employees at Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland say they've endured months of chaos. Now a beloved library is closing.

After a scandal knocked out his predecessor Brian Williams, last week Lester Holt become the network's chief news anchor — the first African-American to do so at a broadcast network.

The former superintendent of the Texas school district was sentenced to three years in prison for rigging standardized test scores. Other employees could still face charges for helping him carry out his scheme. Now, local and state education officials are blaming each other for letting it go on so long.

John Paul Stevens' new memoir is framed as a discussion about the office of the chief justice; it includes a brief history of the nation's first 12 chief justices, followed by thorough descriptions of the five he knew well. Stevens, now 91, retired in 2010 after nearly 35 years on the Supreme Court.

A new musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, opens this week on Broadway. Actual audience members are prescreened in order to take part in the show's spelling contest.

The law allows those who have been incarcerated to register to vote upon release. Advocates are beginning work to inform these potential voters about their rights.

In Maryland, more juveniles are tried as adults than in almost any other state. State Sen. William Smith is on a mission to change that.

At the summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un, Trump indicated U.S. economic sanctions on the country would remain in place. Retired CIA officer William Brown tells NPR's Ari Shapiro that an end to sanctions is necessary, but insufficient on its own for North Korea to meet its economic potential.

In court documents, an American Bronze medalist is accused of following instructions and tampering with his competitor's skates.

David Greene talks to William C. Rhoden, who writes for ESPN's website The Undefeated, about how some basketball fans abuse players, and whether greater protections need to be put in place.

The decision to charge police officer Randall “Wes” Kerrick in the shooting death of Jonathan Ferrell divided not only a jury and the city – it divided…

America's minorities are quickly becoming the majority, and the population shift is happening sooner than expected. That's coming as a surprise to older Americans according to demographer William Frey of the Brookings Institution. Host Michel Martin talks with Frey about what challenges might come from this 'cultural generation gap.'

The 3-digit suicide and crisis lifeline – 988 – fielded nearly half a million more calls, texts and chats in its first 5 months than the old 10-digit Lifeline did during the same time in 2021.

Broadway-legend-in-training Stephen Sondheim was a college sophomore in 1948 when his musical Phinney's Rainbow was produced — and recorded — at Williams College in Massachusetts.

On February 2, 2014, a stormwater pipe underneath the ash basin broke, sending 39,000 tons of coal ash and 27 million gallons of ash pond water into the Dan River. The spill ultimately led to largest coal ash clean up in U.S. history.

It's unclear who's responsible for Tuesday's blasts, but they follow the arrest of a suspect in the Paris attacks. Brookings senior fellow William McCants, author of The ISIS Apocalypse, weighs in.