The latest data show enrollment fell about 12% in Missouri and 3.5% in Kansas for 2026. But experts say that doesn’t tell the full story.
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Tommy Trenchard for NPRIn South Africa, paleontology has been dominated by white people. Lazarus Kgasi is changing that dynamic — and coloring in the picture of the world our distant ancestors once inhabited. -
Mario Tama/Getty ImagesHow old is too old for a 30-year mortgage? It's just one of a number of questions that older Americans face when they are looking to buy a home later in life.
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The partial government shutdown has ended. Now, lawmakers come to a more difficult task: how to find bipartisan agreement on changes to immigration enforcement.
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Lawmakers have a little over a week to negotiate changes to federal immigration enforcement. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., talks about what's next and what Democrats are looking to accomplish.
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Lawmakers have a little over a week to negotiate changes to federal immigration enforcement, peace talks to end the war in Ukraine resume, Trump says GOP should 'nationalize' elections.
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Doctors, patients and researchers are at the very beginning of understanding how the new weight loss medicines interact with eating disorders.
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A one-episode reboot of "The Muppet Show" airs on February 4. Jim Henson, the show's late creator, always hoped they'd live on. We'll hear excerpts from a Morning Edition interview Henson gave in 1986.
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As the United States considers possible military action against Iran, it's also weighing another military move -- withdrawing the last U.S. forces from Syria.
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As Sudan's humanitarian crisis deepens, the U.S. and global allies have pledged millions more in assistance, but diplomatic roadblocks and aid obstructions are hindering progress.
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A new round of peace talks to end Russia's war on Ukraine begin Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dan Baer of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff's approach to foreign conflicts.
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Journalist Jason Zengerle talks to NPR about his new book, "Hated By All The Right People," which explains how Tucker Carlson became one of the most influential people on the far right.
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President Trump's statements that the GOP should nationalize elections was accompanied by false claims about election integrity. Trump's efforts to change voting rules have mostly been blocked so far.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation and Research for his response to President Trump's assertion that some elections should be nationalized.
