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The Coast Guard has seen a spike in the number of Cubans trying to sail to Florida. The cause, it says, is a false rumor that the U.S. will soon change its policy toward Cubans who reach U.S. shores.

The Senate is set to vote on the Keystone XL pipeline although President Obama has vowed to veto it. What does Nebraska's Supreme Court ruling allowing the pipeline to proceed mean for those involved?

Massachusetts is one of a growing number of states that are putting new restrictions on the practice of restraining and secluding public school students.

Update, 1/26/15: Due to outside circumstances, including potentially heavy rains this weekend, Texas Public Radio made the difficult decision today to…

An NPR producer found out firsthand what happens when a returnee from Liberia registers a temperature and must contact the U.S. health bureaucracy.

Historian Peniel Joseph says Selmais the first major film about civil rights history that properly honors the contributions of the movement's African-American foot soldiers.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell promised to make the Keystone XL pipeline the first order of business in the new term. One week in, however, the bill is still a long way from passing.

This weekend's playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys is being billed as the second "Ice Bowl." The 1967 game in Green Bay was one of the coldest football games ever played.

The Nazis seized up to 600,000 works of art and much of it has never been returned to its rightful heirs, assuming there are any. Some of the art has ended up in Israel, creating complicated issues.

Hundreds are feared killed after Boko Haram militants seized the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga. Nigerian government forces are battling to regain control of the town and nearby base.