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For the first time ever, NPR presents the fourth grade winners of the Student Podcast Challenge.

The Unit 5 board of education on Wednesday approved $222 million budget for 2024-2025 with a balanced education fund, but a transportation fund deficit that could widen.

Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, grew up in southern Ohio. He became nationally known in 2016 after publishing his best-selling and controversial memoir: "Hillbilly Elegy."

The FBI and the U.S. Postal Service were investigating the origin of suspicious packages that have been sent to elections officials in more than 15 states. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

The gap in earnings between young people who have a college degree and those who don't has continued to widen over the past several decades. And while total student loan debt in the U.S. continues to rise, millennials say a college degree is still worth it.

Authorities say most of the nearly 800 people who died were in communities along a 435-mile stretch of Chile's Pacific coast that was swamped by giant waves after last week's 8.8 magnitude earthquake.

The remarks were some of the most hard-hitting to date since Iran-backed Hezbollah began attacking Israel last October across the border with Lebanon in support of Hamas in Gaza.

This spring and early summer was supposed to be a time to "come on feel the noize" of cicadas. But McLean County residents have NOT heard that pumped up volume so much.

Gov. JB Pritzker took the rare step Thursday of attacking one of Illinois’ largest employers — State Farm — over its plans to increase homeowners’ insurance rates by 27%.

Weekend Edition Saturday guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Debbie Elliott about how next year's debate on immigration reform might take shape.