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For four decades, an English professor at San Jose State University has run a fiction contest for a single opening sentence to "the worst of all possible novels." He has decided to retire the contest.

Lice is low down on threats to public health — they don't carry disease, and they don't jump or fly. But school systems and parents are still grappling with whether to keep kids with lice in class.

Officials from Russia and Ukraine met for a second round of peace negotiations in Istanbul. The discussions come after a surprise Ukrainian drone attack on remote Russian air bases Sunday.

Stocks just had their worst week since the start of the pandemic in March 2020 after President Trump unveiled new tariffs. And the pain will likely get worse this week.

The Trump administration on Monday froze more than $2.2 billion in contracts and multiyear grants for Harvard after the university said it would defy government demands to change certain policies.

House Republicans are still negotiating the details of a wide-ranging legislative package of President Trump's domestic priorities that they hope to advance by the end of next week.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with legendary HBO boxing commentator Jim Lampley about Friday's unconventional bout between former champ Mike Tyson and social media star Jake Paul.

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

The Baseball Hall of Fame's Class of 2013 will not have any new inductees from the ranks of the recently retired. That's despite a list of candidates that includes Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds.

As more and more Web users turn to streaming video services like YouTube, a new study shows how impatient those users are. The first of its kind, the UMass study suggests load times of more than 10 seconds can drive away more than 50 percent of viewers.