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Commentator Frank Deford responds to suggestions of things he should comment on. Here, he takes on the Washington Redskins' name; high school football games on national TV; hockey fights; Pete Rose and the Baseball Hall of Fame; and the tradition of pouring Gatorade on winning coaches.

Forty million dollars in Race to the Top federal funding is going to help western and central Kentucky students take more responsibility for their…

The bodies of six hostages were returned to Israel. Security cabinet members and members of the public in Israel are responding.

The company is introducing a new policy that allows users to appoint an executor who will keep their account active posthumously.

Earlier this year, Pentagon workers were told they could face up to 22 furlough days because of budget cuts; the number is now 6 days. Some 650,000 civilian defense workers began taking furlough days on July 8.

With the global pandemic still in the spotlight, more than 200 leading health journals say climate change is an even more urgent threat.

The Tweetable Pope: A Spiritual Revolution in 140 Characters is a new book that examines the tweets of Pope Francis. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the author, Catholic commentator Michael O'Loughlin.

A year after a pro-Trump mob invaded the U.S. Capitol, teachers say they want students to grapple with the uncomfortable facts of the day.

Some 1.1 million people are living with HIV in the United States, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a survey of Baltimore, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City and San Francisco in the past year, 46 percent of the black men surveyed at local bars and dance clubs were HIV positive.