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It was 35 years ago this month that the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. Across the U.S., it's being ...

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NPR newsroom chief Edith Chapin says she's leaving the network. She made the announcement just days after Congress voted to ...

Residents and environmental advocates confront a decades-in-the-making binational pollution crisis that continues to plague ...

A flight from Minneapolis to Minot {MYE-not}, North Dakota, had a near miss encounter Friday with a military aircraft. A pilot was forced to make an abrupt maneuver to avoid colliding with a B-52.

Actor, director and musician Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role as the sweet teenager Theo Huxtable on "The Cosby Show," has died at age 54. NPR looks at the legacy he leaves behind.

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

The National Archives has published thousands of newly digitized documents relating to the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as part of a directive by President Trump.