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Cybersecurity expert Clint Watts updates NPR's Michel Martin on what false narratives and divisive issues trolls and bots are now pushing online.

With two ed-related ballot initiatives and teachers seeking every level of office, up to the governor, support for education seems to be lingering well past the Arizona teacher walkouts in April.

This month, Delhi students saw a new course added to their traditionally rigid curriculum. To confront academic pressures linked to India's high suicide rate, public schools are teaching mindfulness.

Philadelphia is terminating a long-running contract with federal immigration officials that critics say has been used by agents to target unauthorized immigrants for arrest.

Inside the Hoh Rain Forest in Washington state, acoustics experts have attempted to preserve a location free of human-made noise. They call it One Square Inch of Silence.

The Nigerian activist was honored by the U.S. State Department in June for her efforts to combat human trafficking in Italy and Nigeria.

Louisiana crawfish have invaded waterways in Germany's capital. Wildlife officials licensed a fisherman to catch them for chefs, hoping a taste for "Berlin Lobster" might control the invasive species.

He was a visionary at a time when the auto industry was sorely in need of one, bringing Fiat, which had been hemorrhaging billions of dollars annually, to profitability in just one year.

Hundreds of migrant families will not be reunited by Thursday's court-appointed deadline. The Trump administration says as many as 463 parents may no longer be in the U.S., and dozens more waived reunification voluntarily.

Pulitzer Prize-winning restaurant critic Jonathan Gold died Saturday at age 57. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Los Angeles Times columnist Gustavo Arellano about Gold's legacy in Southern California.

Lawmakers thought the immigration debate was over, but a group of House Republicans is agitating for a floor showdown later this month. The House GOP Conference will meet Thursday to strategize.

"You have to stand, proudly, for the national anthem or you shouldn't be playing," Trump told Fox News, "you shouldn't be there, maybe you shouldn't be in the country."

Hawaii officials continue to warn the public about dangers from the active volcano on the Big Island, including the lava flowing toward a power plant. In the meantime, they are trying to reassure possible visitors that the tourism opportunities have not been affected.

For President Trump, the pardon seems to have become the ultimate symbol of presidential power. He says he's considering one for the late boxer, though Ali's attorney says it's not necessary.

Louisiana has big plans to redirect parts of the river to build up its shrinking coast. New research suggests it won't help nearly enough.

On Tuesday, the Mormon Church announced it would end a 100-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America. Mormon boys were automatically signed up to be part of the Boy Scouts, and church members made up 20 percent of membership.

Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward's new book details a chaotic White House in which officials scheme to protect the nation from a president they sometimes consider a danger to it.

Sen. John McCain makes his final return to the U.S. Capitol where he will lie in state, a rare honor granted to just 30 Americans before McCain.

Criminal charges against a chemical company that flooded during Hurricane Harvey are raising two big questions: When is pollution an accident? And when is it a crime?

The two flavors are mainstays on nearly every Western dining table, but their dominance was far from inevitable. In fact, their dual reign resulted from a "weird accident of history."