It is never too early to start laying out a path to higher education, but for some, compiling essays, transcripts, letters of ...

A Kent man says someone used his identity to enroll at a New Jersey college and secure federal aid.

College Station City Council voted June 25 to buy additional police safety equipment from Axon, which is part of a 10-year agreement the city signed with the company for use of its body cameras, ...

A major expansion of the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland opens up nearly 200,000 new records while a new project will ...

If you included self-reported SAT or ACT scores as part of your application, you will have to submit official scores to match your highest self-reported section/composite scores by June 1. Your ...

Families will be heading to the beach for the summer. But how do you build an epic sandcastle? NPR's Scott Simon asks sand sculptor, Dean Arscott, for some tips.

We say goodbye to longtime NPR arts reporter Elizabeth Blair with this encore of her piece on one of the most American of songs: "This Land is Your Land." ...

U.S. employers added fewer jobs than expected last month. The unemployment rate fell, but only because a large number of people stopped looking for work.

Employers added 57,000 jobs in June, the Labor Department said on Friday, as jobs growth slowed from the previous two months, while the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.2%.

On the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a look at the state of our democracy and where we’re headed.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Kathleen Rooney about her book, "Man Overboard!," and about finding the energy to overcome doubt.

Scott Detrow speaks with extreme weather researcher Theodore Keeping about Europe's hottest heatwave. With over 1,000 deaths in France alone, lives depend on the EU's response to rising temperatures.