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With school choice programs ascendant not just in Iowa but across the U.S., Cedar Rapids offers a preview of who wins and who loses when education meets the free market.

Federal marshals aren't the only new faces at the U.S. Education Department, we report in our weekly roundup of education news. The other big story: New York State's plan for free college.

London's Metropolitan Police say at least 12 people are dead and they expect the death toll to rise, after a massive fire engulfed most of the floors in a 24-story apartment building.

We visit our resident chef's garden in Maine, make gazpacho and get a recipe for a plum tart with hazelnut crust.

In Akron's College & Career Academies model, the school district is focused on offering hands-on experiences, rather than test-taking, while...

Here are your morning headlines for Friday, May 8: Restaurants, salons to reopen; Car sales down nearly 40%; Ohio health centers to receive $17M to...

Updated: 10:20 p.m., Saturday, May 30, 2020.

The amphibious craft carrying 31 people sank on a Missouri lake during a severe storm. Seventeen people were killed. Divers worked through the night on rescue and recovery operations.

Sonic Youth's co-founder took her cues from a '60s girl-group but forges a new lane. NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich functions as your antidote to the algorithm in eight tracks to know this week.

Serena Williams was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6) 6-3 by 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia in her first professional singles match in nearly four years in the opening round of Wimbledon.