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The American Academy of Pediatrics released updated guidance for schools on Monday, recommending universal masking for students over the age of 2.

While the push to vaccinate and protect people from severe illness continues, the White House and Congress are seeing mild cases among vaccinated people.

Thomas Barrack, who chaired the former president's inauguration committee, has been arrested on federal charges that he acted as an agent of a foreign government.

After the ouster of its eccentric founder, the co-working startup made a seasoned real estate executive its CEO. Now it's hoping to go public and lure workers back to communal office space.

Act Blue is a non-profit that has become a start of Democratic fundraising. The digital fundraising platform for progressive candidates and causes raised $522 million in 2017 — that's more than double its take in 2015.

In Florida, new gun control measures get their first test Monday in a Senate committee, where Democrats will push for a ban on high-powered semiautomatic rifles. Much of the focus now is on the Broward Sheriff department's investigation and response to the shooting, with many GOP lawmakers calling for the sheriff's suspension.

The Amazon founder became the second billionaire this month to reach the edge of space — following Richard Branson, who rocketed there aboard a vessel made by his company Virgin Galactic.

An Army inquiry into Arlington National Cemetery revealed that the burial ground is fraught with the mishandling of remains, mismanagement, and wire fraud. The Secretary of the Army created a new position to oversee the Army's cemeteries program.

American violinist Mark O'Connor has been a sideman for country stars and a soloist with symphony orchestras. He has made 36 albums. Now comes his biggest project yet: He wants to change the way young people learn how to play his instrument.

After playing a three-day match, he falls to an unranked player.

The F-sharp, at .393 hertz, is inaudible to human ears, Menees told NPR's Robert Siegel.

Michael Hastings said he remembered being surprised by the general's candor and outspokenness during interviews, but he did not anticipate his article would cause the hullabaloo it has.

Pakistan provides arms and ammunition and strategic advice to the Afghan Taliban, a Harvard researcher reports.

She was part of a folk dynasty that included father John Lomax and brother Alan Lomax. But not only was she a musician and teacher: Her tenure at the National Endowment for the Arts helped to increase federal funding for traditional music across the U.S.

The president and prime minister spoke with reporters at the White House.

Who Is Bob Dudley? Or, The Man Who May Give Tony Hayward His Life Back

Ghana would have been the first African team in the World Cup semi-finals.

Defense officials say commanders on the ground don't have the training to make suicide prevention a priority — or to recognize the signs of a soldier on the brink.

The program awards the equivalent of one percent of what the U.S. government spends on public education every year. Even states that aren't finalists have implemented reforms, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan told NPR.

There's more to a city than one man, Carey told NPR's Robert Siegel.