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Costumes inspired by infectious diseases are nothing new. Test your knowledge about some ancient — and recent — get-ups.

In Chicago, a plan to merge one of the wealthiest public schools with a nearby school serving mostly low income, black children has met with a "no" from school officials, but parents aren't giving up.

The U.S. Border Patrol expanded after Sept. 11, but was soon plagued with corruption. A new leader is trying to turn around the agency. We visited field agents to explore if the reforms are working.

Wayne Messmer has sung the national anthem about 5,000 times, many times at Chicago Cubs home games. He tells Scott Simon what it means for the Cubs to be in the Series for the first time in decades.

Steve Goodman is the man responsible for "Go Cubs Go," a song that's been the anthem his beloved team since 1984. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Goodman's biographer Clay Eals about the singer's life.

The president will campaign most days next week for Hillary Clinton and other Democrats. It's a rare move for a sitting president and represents an intensifying effort to secure his own legacy.

Consultant Stacey Polk, social worker Amy Hoag and community organizer Gary Frazier return to discuss how their opinions about the campaigns have changed since they last spoke to NPR this past summer.

Charlotte Rodrique of the Burns Paiute Tribe says she's "disappointed" by the acquittal of armed men who occupied an Oregon wildlife refuge earlier this year, and worries about the precedent it sets.

Idaho's most populous county is adopting the convenience of food trucks to attract more early voters. But a new system doesn't agree with everyone in a campaign cycle filled with election fraud talk.

That's a question that is fairly new to science. Researchers are now looking at the possible links.