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Colorado voters in 2020 approved raising hundreds of millions of dollars to establish a universal pre-K program. That money comes from a surprising — and controversial — source: tobacco tax revenue.

This week's championship in St. Louis has already seen record-setting performances in the women's event and multiple competitors looking to punch their third Olympic ticket.

Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights to comply with the FAA's order. But there are still questions about the plan, which the agency says will keep the skies safe during the government shutdown.

In 1969, oil from an offshore well left beaches in Santa Barbara, Calif., coated with crude and littered with dead birds. The country's reaction helped create the modern environmental movement.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sir Ian McKellen about playing a sour painter in The Christophers and why the 86-year-old actor hopes to never retire.

Israel's military has released a long-awaited investigation into the killing of 15 Palestinian medics in Gaza by its troops. The Israeli military says "failures" occurred.

The Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie died Thursday at 96.

The U.S. Mint is releasing commemorative coins to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary. But there is controversy over the coin designs the Trump administration chose not to released.

King Charles III was crowned today — in a display of pomp and pageantry in London.

The failed launch of SpaceX's Starship rocket from Boca Chica, Texas, last week did more than explode the world's largest ever rocket. It caused more environmental damage than expected.