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An award-winning children's picture book, Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola, turns 50. The story about a grandma witch with her magically full pot of pasta still finds new audiences — even on TikTok.

Ireland's new president is an outspoken left-winger, whose landslide win shook the country's political establishment. NPR profiles Catherine Connolly, the republic's 10th head of state.

John Cleary, who was one of 9 people wounded during protests at Kent State in May of 1970, has died at the age of 74.

The hybrid formula under consideration would see public schools prioritize low income, special education and multilingual learner students.

New research from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative shows that both podcast hosts and their guests skew very heavily male — and white.

Some of those recommendations are already in place or in progress. Others are a bigger challenge.

Under the new rule, council members can vote to remove a colleague, if they miss more than three meetings in a twelve month period.

Veterans Correspondent Quil Lawrence had been interviewing Iraq vet Dave Carlson for 10 years. His journey from war to prison to redemption is the subject of the podcast Carlson's War, excerpted here.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says one of the first orders of business once Congress is back will be swearing in Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election to replace her father in Congress.

Two years ago Colombia pledged to stop exploring for new oil, gas and coal. On the world stage, this was a big deal. Here's what's happened since.