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Retired Randolph Community College president Bob Shackleford spent 22 years as a military chaplain before starting his education career. Two days after the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon, he was sent to Washington, D.C., to counsel people affected by the attack.

The formerly prominent, widely recorded conductor was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years of probation for five counts of possession of child sex abuse material in Indianapolis.

In Tupelo, Miss., the next generation of Elvis tribute artists competed at an annual Elvis fest in the town where The King was born.

Thirty years ago, Brad Nowell, the lead singer of '90s ska band Sublime, died of an overdose. His son Jakob was an infant. He's now Sublime's lead singer, releasing the band's first album since 1996.

Thousands of high school seniors are filling out their federal financial aid form or FAFSA. Numbers show a record increase in applications despite confidence in higher ed being at a low.

The lawsuit escalates a series of confrontations between the president and the leader of the country's biggest bank.

The Supreme Court's conservative majority seemed inclined Tuesday to uphold laws in 27 states that bar transgender girls from participating in team sports at publicly funded schools.

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries that are not identified in their removal orders. It also plans to hear full arguments on the case.

In Houston, Aga's Indian-Pakistani restaurant serves around 4,000 meals a day and according to Uber Eats, it has the most takeout orders in the world on the their platform.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board on Tuesday took the first formal step in its search for a new superintendent, days after the board fired former Superintendent Crystal Hill in a contentious 5-4 vote.

John Boyd Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association, says soaring diesel costs are deepening a farm crisis as farmers face sharply higher fuel costs in the middle of harvest season.

NPR's team of pop-culture commentators is live-blogging tonight's Academy Awards. Watch along.

Earlier this decade, it seemed like country's political streak had faded. But in the past five years, a handful of artists have displayed a renewed focus on morality that feels quietly revolutionary.

It's been 40 years since the first U.S. AIDS cases were were reported, and some who experienced the early years of the crisis say the effects of denialism then have carried into the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nodding syndrome is a rare neurological condition that can result in head nodding and violent seizures. Some researchers think they know the cause, but questions remain.

A coalition of religious groups, conservative think tanks, and Republican attorneys general have chipped away at local and state authority, altering how the nation can respond during health crises.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.

These counties will help tell the story of how either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will become the next president.

If Donald Trump is reelected, his administration probably couldn't stop the country's transition away from fossil fuels. But any slowdown could have big impacts on climate change.

A DOGE staffer working in the Social Security Administration has been pushing questionable claims about noncitizens voting — apparently using data that court records suggest DOGE shouldn't have.