A restaurant breathes new life into a hard-pressed Kansas farm town
On the high plains of Kansas, a beloved restaurant uses local products to help keep a shrinking farm town alive.
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Despite widespread support for clemency, Missouri will execute death row inmate
Missouri's governor has denied clemency for Brian Dorsey, who is scheduled to be executed Tuesday night. The decision comes as dozens, including prison workers, call for his life to be saved.
NASA has been asked to create a time zone for the moon. Here's how it would work
A new lunar time zone is all about ensuring the success of future, multinational missions to the moon.
An Ohio home-buyer company is selling hundreds of houses to pay off debts
An Ohio based company is one of the larger institutional home-buyers that's bought thousands of homes to rent out. Now, it's selling hundreds of homes to pay debt as it fields complaints from renters.
A rare solar eclipse darkened skies and dazzled viewers across the U.S.
Crowds and clouds didn't stop people from gathering across the path of totality. Viewers craned their necks and clapped as skies briefly darkened, a sight the U.S. won't see again until 2044.
Breaking down the NCAA women's championship game and tournament
In Sunday's NCAA final, the Iowa Hawkeyes lost to the South Carolina Gamecocks. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with sports journalist Kavitha Davidson about the banner year for women's college basketball.
A look at Biden's new plan for student debt relief
The Biden administration has announced the details of a new plan for student debt relief, this time targeting specific groups of borrowers.
From across the path of totality: Reactions to the solar eclipse
NPR member station reporters have been stationed along the path of totality — in Arkansas, Ohio, Texas, Maine, and elsewhere — and they're bringing us reactions from observers at these watch-parties.
Can home health companies continue without hiring more migrant workers? Many say no
Demand continues to outstrip the supply of home health workers as America ages. An industry official says it can't continue without recruiting more migrants.
Millions of Americans witnessed today's solar eclipse
In the wake of the total solar eclipse, many Americans experienced it in different ways. Here are the highlights.