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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Dominique Baker, professor at Southern Methodist University, about how effective affirmative action has been in achieving higher diversity on college campuses.

Restoring power after a hurricane is a massive job, but crews are running ahead of schedule, even as some residents demand they work faster.

The FAA will require airlines to give flight attendants at least 10 hours of rest time in between shifts, the same as pilots, to help reduce fatigue. Current rules allow as little as 8 hours of rest.

Experts say misinformation about candy laced with drugs happens every Halloween. But public alarm from a DEA warning about bright-colored fentanyl pills remains.

The Hawaiian island of Molokai was once the site of America's largest leprosy colony. A brother and sister in Hawaii discuss how their lives were shaped by leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease.

The former president implored people to avoid "tuning out" in the midterm elections and vote for Democrats to tackle issues like inflation currently facing America.

Maurice Hastings spent nearly four decades behind bars for a 1983 murder and two attempted murders. He was released after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to another person, the L.A. County DA said.

The court will hear two cases challenging the constitutionality of race-conscious admissions at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Ian hit hundreds of thousands of bee colonies as it made its way across Florida. The storm came at a critical time, just as many beekeepers from the East Coast had brought their hives to the state.

Warmer temperatures produce more female sea turtles and cooler weather produces more males. Hotter summers means more females are being born. Scientists are concerned it could create gender imbalance.