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Entrepreneurial young Japanese people are trying to reinvigorate Japan's most aged village — where more than two thirds of residents are over 65 — and keep it from vanishing from the map.

Alexandra Lange's new book has insights on the influence of school and classroom design on children's learning throughout history.

At a black-tie, $1,000-a-plate fundraiser for the New York state Republican Party, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich offered nothing but praise for the city. The New York primary is Tuesday.

In addition to new cases, "The hospitalization rate is at an all-time high," Gov. Greg Abbott says, describing the dire situation in one of the first states to reopen.

New York has already declared a state of emergency ahead of the expected arrival of the latest coronavirus variant — to try to corral its spread.

Host Bob Edwards talks with L.A. Times reporter Anthony Kuhn in Beijing. A team of U.S. military experts will arrive in China later today to examine the downed U.S. Navy spy plane there.

A few years ago, glass bottles with handwritten messages inside started washing up along the New England coast. They're the work of Ken Baker. One recently found its way to Ireland.

In a 2-1 vote, the court tossed out a lawsuit, one of several working through the courts, that challenged a memo on excluding unauthorized immigrants from numbers that reset the Electoral College map.

Hawk elevated his sport. But in middle age, it's become hard on his body. NPR spoke with the skateboarding icon about his new documentary, Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off.