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The Supreme Court has released three significant decisions: When federal courts may act to enforce federal mandates on the states, when, if ever, school officials may conduct strip searches of students for drugs; and the rights of criminal defendants to cross examine crime lab analysts. The rulings will have far-reaching consequences.

The war in Iran was a costly blunder, according to Wisconsin swing voters who participated in two online focus groups that NPR observed.

The lower the household income, the less likely it is for children to receive needed eye exams. The income effect was independent of insurance status, a study found.

Nuking the Moon is a new book that chronicles the history of unusual confidential military projects.

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Elizabeth Gilbert opens up about trying to understand that she wasn't a bad person.

Clinton has come under attack from journalists and Donald Trump for her failure to have press conferences. There's a strategy — and a historic context, too.

The EU wants Turkey to keep more Syrian migrants from flooding into Europe. But the Syrians don't want to stay in a country that won't give them work permits or citizenship.

California cities are tightening water restrictions as the state's drought drags on. While some neighborhoods are turning into landscaping graveyards, others are as lush as they've ever been.

"I Feel for You" was a smash for Chaka Khan in 1984. Five years earlier, it existed only as a solo demo by a 20-year-old Prince.

Writer A. Van Jordan's latest poems imagine the life of MacNolia Cox, the first black finalist in the National Spelling Bee. In his book M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A, Jordan uses a variety of forms and voices to depict Cox's life in 1936. Hear NPR's Susan Stamberg and Jordan.