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Teenagers are often depicted as reckless. But what is it that seems to propel them to take careless risks? As a budding neuroscientist, high school student Kashfia Rahman set out to find some answers.

Governor J-B Pritzker says he's "appalled" by reports of forced student isolation in Illinois schools and promised immediate action.

Heartland Community College will have to wait longer for its first volleyball season to begin.The National Junior College Athletic Association has pushed…

Football remains a cultural powerhouse in Alabama - and the rest of the country. But can one sport unite a fractured America? Especially if that sport is losing players... and even some fans?

A nurse no longer works at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center after making a Facebook post where she said "protesters make great hood ornaments."

First lady Jill Biden met the cat when it interrupted a stump speech she was giving at a Pennsylvania farm during President Biden's 2020 campaign.

Former GOP congressman Bob Inglis used to believe climate change wasn't real. But after a candid conversation with his children and a hard look at the evidence, he began to change his mind.

In the wake of the Feb. 1 loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven-person crew, a few humans remain in Earth orbit -- the three-man crew of the International Space Station. NPR's Scott Simon spoke with the ISS astronauts about their reaction to Columbia's loss.

Drawn by huge demand for workers after Hurricane Katrina, Latinos have come from Texas, Florida and Mexico. Some local residents say they've lost jobs to lower-wage, Spanish-speaking laborers.

Singer k.d. lang talks with NPR's Scott Simon about her new CD, Hymns of the 49th Parallel, her tribute to the great songwriters of Canada. She covers songs by Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and others.