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An aerial view of The Oval, on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio State is raising millions to erase student loan debt for undergrads

Undergraduates at the school finish their degree with an average of $27,000 in student loan debt. A new program could make that number zero.

Apply now to work at the British base in Port Lockroy, Antarctica, and young Gentoo penguins like this one could be your Goudier Island neighbors.

Antarctica's 'Penguin Post Office' is hiring

If you can sort mail, sell postage stamps and count penguins, this could be the job for you.

Abortion rights activists rally at the Texas State Capitol on Sept. 11 in Austin in opposition to a restrictive new abortion law.

The provisions in Texas' restrictive abortion law are not popular, an NPR poll finds

A clear majority of Americans, including most Republicans, opposes key provisions of the controversial new Texas abortion law, the latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds.

American voters living abroad assembled in Toulouse, France, in January 2021 to pay tribute to Americans who died from COVID-19 and to support then-President-elect Biden ahead of his inauguration.

Why Americans living abroad are a voting bloc with untapped political potential

At least 3 million Americans of voting age live abroad. It's a group that could wield substantial political power, if fully activated.

Diébédo Francis Kéré, this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize winner.

For the first time in its history, architecture's top award goes to a Black architect

The 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize honors Diébédo Francis Kéré, who comes from a village with no school in Burkina Faso. He has designed primary schools for "many children to be happy and learn."

Ocean Fallow, 18, with her painting that now hangs in the lobby of the Youth Transition Campus in Kearny Mesa, San Diego, CA, July 6, 2022.

Youth Transition Campus offers new treatment, hope for young offenders

The San Diego Probation Department offers young offenders a new state-of-the-art campus for treatment and education.

How discriminatory covenants shaped San Diego homeownership

Racially restrictive covenants were once common across San Diego County. Though deemed illegal in 1948, the language still appears in many home and property deeds across the county.

When computer science major Elijah Love got the bill for his summer classes, he learned the credits were free. His school, North Carolina A&T State University, used federal COVID relief funding to pay for them.

HBCUs got a windfall of federal COVID relief. Here's how colleges are spending it

Historically Black colleges and universities are using federal COVID relief funds to cancel student debt, upgrade campus infrastructure and retain students who struggle because of financial barriers.

Temperatures in the Pacific Northwest will skyrocket in the coming days as a heatwave sets in from Southern California to Northern Washington. The high-pressure system is expected to break record temperatures.

Record Heat Wave Set To Scorch Pacific Northwest To Southern California

Record highs are expected with temperatures projected to climb to more than 100 degrees.

Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at St Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg in 2016. Tutu was a champion for human rights and the environment. He requested he be buried in a cheap pine coffin and without an extravagant funeral service.

A plain pine coffin and eco-friendly cremation are the last acts of Desmond Tutu

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who died last Sunday, chose to be aquamated, a more environmentally friendly alternative to cremation. It is 90% more energy efficient than a traditional cremation.

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