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Texas Students Are Still Fighting For Special Education

In 2004, Texas put an arbitrary cap on how many children could receive special education. Last year, the policy was deemed illegal, but some parents still struggle to enroll their kids in special ed.

An employee walks past a power plant's electricity pylons in Lagos, Nigeria. Power shortages are particularly a problem for Nigeria's booming tech industry, which accounts for nearly 14% of the country's GDP.

The Powerlessness Of Nigeria's Tech Startups

The big problem for these booming businesses isn't staff shortages, government regulations or software glitches. It's all about the electrical grid.

This Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, photo, shows the principal spillway inlet under a gazebo, that redirects excess water out of the Muskingum University's lake in New Concord, Ohio.

Ohio Has A Lot Of Hazardous Dams. What's Being Done About Them?

Picturesque, and at times, worrisome.The Muskingum University dam holds back what locals call "College Lake" on the campus of the private liberal arts…

Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields plays against Wisconsin during an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, in Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio State Falls To No. 2 In College Football Playoff Rankings

The Ohio State football team won in another rout last weekend, but they still fell in the latest College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday…

Jenni Grover holds a collection of finished patches from a quilt created by more than 100 volunteers across the country. The plans for the quilt were discovered at the estate sale of 99-year-old Rita Smith, who died earlier this year. Several dozen volunteers gathered to help put the pieces together at the Wishcraft Workshop in Chicago on Dec. 7.

Quilters Across The U.S. Answer Call To Help Sew Up Unfinished Project

A Chicago woman found an unfinished quilt of the United States at an estate sale and sought help online to finish it. Quilters from around the country joined her last weekend to complete the project.

Trump Says Peace Talks With Taliban Have Resumed On Unannounced Trip To Afghanistan

President Trump made an unannounced visit to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Thursday, where he served Thanksgiving turkey to troops and announced the resumption of peace talks with the Taliban.

The courtroom of Franklin County lead Juvenile Judge Elizabeth Gill.

Franklin County Juvenile Court Shifts Course, Eliminating Probation Officers

Whitney Randolph goes into work every day knowing her job is coming to an end in a few months. Her Franklin County courtroom office has expansive windows…

How Pilots Interact With Automation

Air travel is much safer today because of an increased reliance on automation. But experts say it's harder for pilots to take over when something goes wrong.

Ramapo police officers escort Grafton Thomas from Ramapo Town Hall to a police vehicle on Sunday. Thomas is accused of stabbing multiple people as they gathered to celebrate Hanukkah at a rabbi's home in the Orthodox Jewish community north of New York.

Gov. Cuomo Calls New York Hanukkah Attack 'Act Of Domestic Terrorism'

A man stabbed people celebrating Hanukkah at the home of a rabbi in Rockland County, a New York City suburb, on Saturday night. The incident comes amid a surge of anti-Semitic violence in the region.

Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin On Impeachment Decision

NPR Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan. A freshman Democrat who flipped a Republican seat, she now contemplates impeachment in a district that voted for President Trump.

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