We have a look towards flu season, hear about a resource for learning more about Missouri judges before election day, hear news of two data center items before Springfield's planning and zoning commission yesterday and we'll hear how the global tech market is impacting Nixa's plans to update its servers.
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Parents want a bright future for their kids. But in the rush to advance in the classroom, psychology researcher Peter Gray says we've ignored the essential developmental tool of independent play.
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When Tracy Edwards was expelled from school, she wound up working on boats. That led her to form a record-breaking all-female sailing crew, which circumnavigated the world in 1989.
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Protests have intensified over a review of voter lists that critics say is politically motivated and threatens to disenfranchise voters. The Election Commission and Modi's administration deny these allegations.
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Three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at an Oregon school, how Russia is viewing Ukraine's strikes and its growing rift with the U.S., DOJ sues California over its voter rolls.
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The Milwaukee Brewers are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1982. The Brewers swept the Los Angeles Dodgers, the two-time defending World Series champion.
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The Irish band Fontaines D.C. builds on their global success with the new album "Dopamine Chamber," which a band member describes as the soundtrack to our "glorious age of distraction."
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President Trump has canceled the livestreaming of the execution of the man behind the attack at Fort Hood in 2009. Some say the public proposal itself - from a Cabinet member - changes norms.
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Republican María Elvira Salazar faces a tough contest in her Miami-area congressional district, with many voters upset about President Trump's immigration policies.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Washington Post investigative reporter Sarah Blaskey about new documents obtained by the Post that detail donors to the White House ballroom project.
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NPR investigations spent more than a year uncovering the company behind a skincare scheme that led to consumer complaints, lawsuits and a federal investigation.
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Russian authorities say Ukraine struck a major oil refinery southeast of Moscow Thursday. The strike was in response to Russia's attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
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Journalist and Russia analyst Julia Ioffe lays out how Vladimir Putin might be trying to exploit the current divide between the U.S. and Ukraine over striking Russian oil refineries.
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A hunger strike by detainees at a South Georgia ICE facility enters into its second week. They want better conditions.