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Young Black adults, Mexican Americans and other Hispanic adults experienced the greatest cardiovascular risk factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

New data from the World Health Organization and UNICEF show that the number of children getting vaccinated is rebounding globally.

Samantha Shannon's richly detailed follow-up to The Bone Season picks up with clairvoyant heroine Paige on the run after leading a revolt against the alien oppressors of her far-future England.

The government is supposed to provide equal funding to land-grant, state-run historically Black colleges and universities under the Morrill Act of 1890.

The suit was brought by Edward Blum, the man behind the case against Harvard College that led to the Supreme Court dismantling affirmative action in higher education in June.

To limit the spread of the coronavirus, Chalana McFarland will serve the rest of her sentence at home. McFarland told her 20-year-old she "can't wait" to build their relationship.

NPR's Scott Simon offers some context to America's political chaos by looking at how authoritarian regimes around the world have tightened their grips on power.

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Jim Scott is living like a kid since retiring from radio last March: Sleeping in. Going on long hikes or rides in his Gator on his farm. Looking for...

Some ecosystems have already been irreversibly altered, scientists say. And climate change is wreaking havoc on human health.