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Meet the retired science teacher who trekked 600 miles to see the 1970 solar eclipse

The solar eclipse is on Monday, and we hear from a teacher from New York who traveled 600 miles to witness his first one fifty years ago.

The documents TikTok wanted to keep secret. And, the concerns with SpaceX's rocket

NPR has reviewed the documents TikTok didn’t want you to see regarding children's safety. Here's what we found. And, the environmental concerns behind Elon Musk’s rocket Starship.

Left to right, Sen. Don DeWitte and Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer, both Republicans, are pictured with Democratic Sen. Dave Koehler at Friday’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability hearing in Springfield. They were the only three members of the 12-lawmaker panel present at the hearing, leaving it short of the quorum needed to register an advisory vote on Gov. JB Pritzker’s plan to demolish and potentially rebuild two state prisons.

Lawmakers pass on oversight vote for Pritzker’s prison closure, rebuild plan

Two prisons in disrepair slated for demolishment but one’s relocation still up in the air

Seattle Housing Experiment

A new study looks at efforts to break up pockets of poverty by using housing vouchers to encourage low-income families to move to "high opportunity" neighborhoods.

High school student helps draft bill to require opioid overdose medications in Illinois libraries

Legislation would follow a model already at work in Chicago, other cities and states

Giant data centers are taking over the U.S. — and angering local residents

There's controversy over a possible new data center in rural Davis, West Virginia. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with journalist Dan Parks.

Almost a year after Jan. 6, two journalists release their book 'The Steal'

David Gura speaks with journalists Mark Bowden and Matthew Teague about their new book "The Steal: The Attempt to Overturn the 2020 Election and the People Who Stopped It."

2 military bases expand to detain immigrants. And, Israel advances into central Gaza

Two U.S. military bases are expanding to detain immigrants suspected of being in the country without legal status. And, Israel has advanced into Central Gaza to put pressure on the ceasefire deal.

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., debated with ranking member Doug Collins, R-Ga., (right) about his move to subpoena the Justice Department to obtain an unredacted copy of the Mueller report at a committee markup Wednesday.

House Judiciary Approves Subpoena For Full Mueller Report In Party-Line Vote

Attorney General William Barr plans to give Congress the Mueller report in mid-April, but with some redactions. Democrats insist they should get the full report and the fight could end up in court.

Black veterans are less likely to be approved for benefits, according to VA documents

A whistleblower said the Department of Veterans Affairs has known of and tracked racial disparities in benefits decisions for years. Here's an update an ongoing discrimination lawsuit against the VA.

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