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People stand outside of tents on 17th Street in San Diego's East Village, Nov. 25, 2016.

Supervisors Approve Plan To Tackle Homelessness In San Diego

The Board of Supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a series of steps designed to address homelessness and the lack of affordable housing in San Diego County.

Shariah Harris competed in the Amateur Cup tournament in Tully, N.Y., this past August.

Philly Teens 'Work To Ride' And Change The Face Of Polo

For 25 years, a group of inner-city kids in Philadelphia has been breaking down barriers of class and race in the traditionally exclusive sport. The concept is simple: they work to ride.

A Cuyamaca College student fills out a math worksheet, Aug. 28, 2017.

Governor Fast Tracks Remedial Education Reform In California Community Colleges

Research has shown the existing system to bring underprepared college students up to speed can actually hurt their chances of earning a degree.

Protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April as the justices hear oral arguments over the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census.

GOP Redistricting Strategist Played Role In Push For Census Citizenship Question

A deceased redistricting specialist's documents suggest the citizenship question was added to redraw political maps to favor Republicans and non-Hispanic white people, according to a new court filing.

These PET scans show the normal distribution of opioid receptors in the human brain. A new study suggests ketamine may activate these receptors, raising concern it could be addictive.

Ketamine, A Promising Depression Treatment, Seems To Act Like An Opioid

A Stanford research team finds that ketamine's ability to quickly relieve depression depends on activating the brain's opioid system. The finding raises new questions about the drug's safety.

A nuclear bomb and its parachute rest in a field near Goldsboro, N.C. after falling from a B-52 bomber in 1961.

Remembering A Near Disaster: US Accidentally Drops Nuclear Bombs On Itself And Its Allies

During the Cold War, U.S. planes accidentally dropped nuclear bombs on the East Coast, in Europe and elsewhere. "Dumb luck" prevented a historic catastrophe.

Wallace Broecker, a professor at Columbia University in New York, speaking during the Balzan Prize ceremony in Rome in 2008. Broecker, a climate scientist who popularized the term "global warming," died Monday.

'Grandfather Of Climate Science' Wallace Broecker Dies At 87

Broecker was an early advocate for reducing fossil fuels to avoid the disruptive effects of climate change and brought the term "global warming" into the mainstream.

Catastrophic bushfires burned through areas of Australia's Victoria state on Feb. 7, 2009, a day commonly referred to as Black Saturday. The fires were the most deadly ever recorded in Australia.

Sell Or Stay? Australia's Fire Zone Experiment

After deadly 2009 wildfires, authorities offered to buy property to encourage people to move. Few accepted. The questions raised by Australia's experience are freshly urgent after its latest fires.

Photographer Looks For Common Ground Over 'The Gun' In Portrait Series

Photographer Kari Wehrs found gun owners in the Arizona desert for a series of tintype pictures. She says gun owners and gun control advocates "both want to be heard."

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a celebration for scientists and engineers who contributed to the nation's latest nuclear test.

Open Scientific Collaboration May Be Helping North Korea Cheat Nuclear Sanctions

New research shared exclusively with NPR suggests that Pyongyang is refining its weapons technology through open scientific research. China leads the way in scientific collaboration with North Korea.

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