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The nation's top addiction scientist has teamed up with a prominent artist to let people know that substance use disorder is a disease, not a moral failure.

Most post offices that don't meet their costs are in rural areas, but Congress has blocked them from being closed. Democrats like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez say postal banking might offer a solution.

The COVID-19 pandemic has derailed "Mule Day" for a second year in a row. Now, a debate in the Tennessee town that hosts the event is split about an alternate "Mule Fest" that plans to take its place.

Small numbers in census results can determine whether a state keeps or loses a seat in Congress and vote in the Electoral College. If not for 26 people, Minnesota may have been down a seat.

NPR's Scott Simon shares the story of two Liberty University students who met on a bus and, while making small talk, discovered they had met many years ago and many miles away.

The 3-year-old colt overcame 12-1 odds at the 147th running of the Kentucky Derby, giving dominant trainer Bob Baffert a record seventh Derby victory.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of The Washington Post about Maryland's settlement of a lawsuit related to underfunding of the state's HBCUs.

Small census numbers can make a big difference. If Minnesota's 2020 count included 26 fewer residents, it might have lost a seat in Congress — a seat that New York fell short of winning by 89 people.

English soccer clubs, coaches, players, journalists and the Premier League are boycotting social media for a few days. The players wants companies to do more to stop online abuse and racism.

The astronauts returned from the International Space Station after their spacecraft, Resilience, set a new record for the longest spaceflight by a U.S. space capsule that carried a crew.