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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Bill Gates, the former Microsoft CEO turned philanthropist, about his contributions to AI equity initiatives -- and his criticisms of an AI-powered future world.

Pennsylvania Democrats — voters and elected officials alike — say they're at their wit's end with Sen. John Fetterman, who recently appeared in a video at the GOP's midterm convention.

Residents in Louisiana near SpaceX's next launch site are concerned about the project's impact on the environment and say they were kept in dark about the deal.

Two new, independent reports show detailed looks at the costs of the war in Iran. It's led to shortages in U.S. weapons, supply chain bottlenecks and a price tag in the tens of billions of dollars.

The words "climate change" are slowly being removed from textbooks in Florida and from the state's education standards.

When Teyu Chou was 11 years old, his family immigrated to the U.S. The transition was isolating and confusing. But a fellow student stepped up and helped him adjust.

China has made developing and selling humanoid robots an economic priority, but getting robots to work requires hours of repetitive "training" done by people to create data about the physical world.

A new global democracy report finds the U.S. at its lowest level of democratic performance in the 50 years it has been measured.

An annual report from the Census Bureau shows the average family made more money in 2025 than the year before, while the official poverty rate declined. Health care coverage was little changed from 2024.

The board's vote to shutter the historic arts center came amid concerns about financial, structural problems.