After the Supreme Court barred race-conscious college admissions, there's a growing push in Congress to end preference for applicants tied to alumni and donors.
Consumer spending from Nov. 1 through Christmas Eve rose 3.1% year over year, new data show, a figure in line with the decade leading up to the pandemic and another positive sign for the economy.
The sport of Jiu Jitsu has its own national league and it's growing. The league is moving to Las Vegas from the small city of Decatur, Ala., where it all started.
Democrats need to win every single competitive Democratic-held seat in 2024 to defend their narrow majority in the Senate. Even then the party could lose control if Republicans win the White House.
On the first TubaChristmas, around 300 musicians showed up at the ice skating rink at Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, bearing their giant brass instruments. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 22, 2023.)
One way to keep the chef in your home happy is to make sure their kitchen is stocked with the right kitchen gear. A guide to kitchen tools and gadgets for the favorite chef in your life.
In early December, the Food and Drug Administration approved a gene-editing treatment for sickle cell disease, the first for any illness. One patient helped pave the way.
Journalist Masha Gessen talks to NPR's Morning Edition about their recent New Yorker essay on German Holocaust memory and the situation in Gaza — and the controversy that ensued.
Hockey legend Jaromir Jagr was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990. The 51-year-old former NHL star made an appearance on the ice this week for the Kladno Knights, a team in the Czech Republic.
Far-right users online have reacted to a Colorado court ruling that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on that state's primary ballot. They're calling for "civil war."
Doxy-PEP can be taken a few hours after sex and is effective at preventing sexually transmitted infections. New research finds it's less effective for women but that may not be the final word.
Democrats and civil rights groups in Georgia say Republicans' newly revised political maps still violate the Voting Rights Act. One key issue in this fight: so-called "coalition districts."