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John Lansing, the steady CEO who led NPR through the pandemic's crises, dies at 67

Lansing tangled with titans, kept the network’s shows on the air even as its offices closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and steered NPR through what he defined as an “existential” financial crisis.

The author and his dad in Massachusetts in 1995.

Fake stats, real nostalgia: Bonding with my dad through simulation baseball

The real magic of simulation baseball is that it gives me and my dad something to take seriously that isn't actually serious. The games don't matter, but who you play them with really does.

Enzo Vogrincic as Numa in<em> Society of the Snow</em>, one of five films nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature.

Oscars guide: We map out the 5 films nominated for best international feature

They range in themes, languages and political urgency, but this year's stellar five nominees for the Best International Feature Film Oscar are each deserving of your time for their distinct pleasures.

The setting sun illuminates the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 10.

Supreme Court unexpectedly upholds provision prohibiting racial gerrymandering

The Supreme Court has ruled against Alabama's defense of an electoral map drawn by the state's Republican-dominated legislature. Black voters had challenged the law as racially discriminatory.

<p>Students attend graduation ceremonies at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Two-thirds of college students now graduate with debt, owing an average amount of $24,000.</p>

Share your story: What is your experience with student debt?

What’s your experience with student debt? Will this restart of repayments impact you significantly? How are you feeling about your level of debt?

A monarch butterfly perches on a branch at the Butterfly Farms in Encinitas, Jan. 13, 2022.

Western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30% last year, researchers say

The western monarch population has rebounded in recent years to the hundreds of thousands after it plummeted in 2020 to just 2,000 butterflies. But even though the butterfly bounced back, its numbers are still well below what they were in the 1980s.

Demonstrators hold up large cut-out letters spelling "VOTING RIGHTS" at a 2021 rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

An appeals court has struck down a key path for enforcing the Voting Rights Act

Who can sue to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act could be severely limited by a lawsuit out of Arkansas, which may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.

A student walking by a ridesharing drop-off/pick-up location on the San Diego State University campus, Aug. 28, 2023.

Police look for suspect of alleged sexual assault in vehicle near SDSU

A SDSU student was allegedly sexually assaulted on Sunday in a vehicle by a person the student believed to have been a rideshare driver.

A man wades through a flooded parking lot near Widgery Wharf on Wednesday in Portland, Maine.

Parts of the Northeast and South are recovering after a huge, deadly winter storm

Heavy rains, flooding and destructive winds and tornadoes snarled traffic and knocked out power up and down the East Coast.

The UC Berkeley chapter of End Overdose at Sproul Plaza in Berkeley on Jan. 23, 2024. The organization passes out free fentanyl test strips to students and gives other organizations training on Narcan usage.

Narcan at California colleges: Are students getting overdose medication?

The Campus Opioid Safety Act required colleges and universities to put the power of reversing fentanyl overdoses directly into the hands of students. Some campuses are giving out the life-saving nasal spray Narcan, while others are not.

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