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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell is resigning after four years in the agency's top job. His efforts to lift ownership restrictions on media properties earned him critics on both the left and right.

Two worlds have come together in a rare teaching program at one of the nation's top universities. Students at Stanford University are reaching across a cultural divide to help tutor the Mexican immigrants who clean their classrooms and dorms.

House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) reflects on his rise to the top in his new book, Speaker: Lessons from 40 Years in Coaching and Politics. He speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Should she secure the Democratic nomination, Vice President Kamala Harris would join a short list of female candidates from major parties to top a presidential ticket.

Our correspondent took a flight Sunday and saw a number of concerning things in airports and on planes. So many questions were raised. We went in search of answers.

A 7-year trial in Mali provided house calls and health care at no charge for pregnant women and young children. The results inspired the president to make a bold pronouncement.

Woodward Park City will begin spinning its Hot Laps lift Friday, giving skiers and riders top-to-bottom access to the winter sports facility.

Mexico's top two presidential candidates are each claiming victory in the country's highly polarized election -- and their parties have accused one another of election fraud. An official tally of the contest, in which 30 million Mexicans voted, isn't expected for days. Though sharply divided by ideology, leftist Andres Manual Lopez Obrador and conservative Felipe Calderon are separated by less than one-tenth of one percent.

All Songs Considered asked you to share your favorite new artist of the first half of 2016. Here's your top 10.

Park City High School jumped in the rankings of top Utah high schools according to U.S. News and World Report.