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A surprising number of gifted seniors are not applying to the Ivy League universities and selective colleges they'd be sure to get into.

While overseas before heading back to the U.S., the president warned that the GOP nominee, whom he derided as "uninformed" and having "wacky ideas," is being "normalized."

Inflation Reduction Act aims at agricultural practices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from crop and livestock production, U.S. farm incomes and exports are expected lower than 2021, and a study shows interesting findings about the effects on overall health of people who eat grapes.

MacArthur fellow McLorin Salvant sings jazz standards as well as forgotten early songs. "In jazz, I felt I could sing these deep, husky lows," she told Terry Gross in this 2015 interview.

He was the unnamed doctor in his 40s reported to be clinging to life, one of the earliest cases of an American health care worker laid low by COVID-19. He says timely medical interventions saved him.

Rachel Martin talks to Rep. Dave Brat of Virginia, who says the last thing Republicans need to do when it comes to the Affordable Care Act, is to replicate a system that doesn't work.

The City of Cortez is holding an information session for residents considering a run for City Council, as nomination deadlines approach for the April election.

HBO's sci-fi drama Westworld starts its third season tonight. This season streamlines the story and focuses on the quest by an artificial person to destroy human civilization in the future.

A report from the Council of Economic Advisors suggests longer sentences increases rates of recidivism, resulting in little impact on crime rate. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with CEA chief Jason Furman.

The release of a new report on the world's mothers is a reminder of the gap between rich and poor — in the developing world and in American cities as well.