If you receive food assistance through the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, your monthly benefit could ...

Partita follows a young Appalachian woman with the chops to make it as a classical pianist. It was somewhat inspired by Barbara Kingsolver's love of classical music and her restrictive hand condition.

In Iraq, NPR attends trials of French ISIS suspects after transfer from Syrian camps.

Proposed reforms to the federal early education program would eliminate most performance standards, cap spending ...

The Supreme Court heard its first argument of the new term: a case about how much power local governments have to recover the costs of responding to the effects of climate change.

Bridgeport’s Board of Education wants parents, students and staff at Bridgeport Public Schools to share their input in a ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News, which has issued an extensive new report on the U.S. airstrikes on a school in southern Iran.

The rival candidates for governor of Minnesota are both breast cancer survivors, who've talked to each other about it - and ...

Housing is the largest expense for almost any family, but in states like Connecticut where housing costs are exceptionally ...

Philadelphia held a parallel parking competition, and crowned Mario Zucca the winner after three rounds of challenges.

Parents at a Hartford elementary school are calling on the city to do more to keep children safe from drivers. The María C.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Erin Murphy, a professor at NYU School of Law and an expert on sexual assault law, about how New York state considers alcohol use when determining the presence of consent.