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A historic drop in rates has millions of homeowners refinancing to save money. It's helping home sales, but it's not helping the broader economy as much as it would in a normal recession.

The Barbers Hill Independent School District forbids male students from wearing their hair long. Two Black students were suspended when they refused to cut their dreadlocks.

Idaho's case count has quadrupled since mid-June, and about half of the more than 15,000 confirmed cases in the state have come in the past two weeks.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rachel Michelin, the president and CEO of the California Retailers Association, about the role of retail workers in enforcing masks within their stores.

The concerns range from condescending attitudes toward people of color to inequities of pay between international and local workers. The aid group's leaders have pledged to address the issues.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Toni Tipton-Martin, the new editor-in-chief of Cook's Country, a publication of America's Test Kitchen.

Speedrunning is the quirky subculture dedicated to playing through video games as fast as is humanly possible, exploiting glitches in game code and advanced techniques to barrel ahead.

The administration and the states continue to grapple with how to move forward following the disaster.

As colleges shift to online classes, many schools are beginning to reevaluate how they grade students. One common option: going pass-fail.

NASCAR is returning with the first of three days of racing in Darlington, South Carolina on May 17. Four other races this month will be held in Charlotte.…

Sweeping new stay-at-home orders issued in the San Francisco Bay area have legal experts worried about constitutional infringements in coronavirus response.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about her state's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Whitmer, a Democrat, has been critical of the Trump administration's response.

The White House's pandemic task force spoke Thursday following more reports about record unemployment connected with the disaster.

Void of all context, the scene at UNC-Chapel Hill's Old Well this week was indistinguishable from years past. The monument glowed with sunshine,...

As COVID-19 takes over the political conversation, Americans' ambivalence about science — and "experts" in general — is likely to come to the forefront.

Amazon may have violated federal health and safety standards as well as New York's whistleblower law, the New York attorney general's office wrote to Amazon in a letter obtained by NPR.

There are a lot of contrasts between Joe Biden's impending pick and past elections when women were vice presidential candidates. One that's easy to overlook: Biden is ahead in the polls.

Beyond making history, Biden showed his vision for the future, opened a window into his decision-making and picked someone who will likely be able to stand up well in a vice presidential debate.

Erratic behavior is something of a brand for the famous rapper and producer, but his disclosure that he lives with bipolar disorder also necessitates what we think about his behavior through a mental health lens.

Animal and human trials are promising, Dr. Anthony Fauci tells lawmakers Friday, and the government is preparing for widespread distribution once a vaccine is shown to be safe and effective.