A bill now in the Iowa Legislature would allow community colleges to offer four-year bachelor's degree programs. Private colleges are opposed to the measure, saying such a move amounts to taxpayer-funded competition.

Whether you're looking for a Valentine's Day reservation, trying to impress someone new, or just want a new way to explore Kansas City with a friend or partner, we have plenty of great options for getting out and about.

A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city's license plate readers to track the writer's movements and it issued a "be on the lookout" for him.

The project will build new housing on what was once one of the oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives in the country.

Last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised and reduced the childhood immunization schedule, paring down the recommended vaccines. That change won't impact access to vaccinations, but Kansas City health officials believe it will heighten the burden on parents and providers.

Trucks have been stuck at the closed border since October. Both countries are facing economic losses with no end in sight. The Taliban also banned all Pakistani pharmaceutical imports to Afghanistan.

With the race still too close to call, former congressman Tom Malinowski conceded to challenger Analilia Mejia in a Democratic primary to replace the seat vacated by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill.

Dorothy Roberts' parents, a white anthropologist and a Black woman from Jamaica, spent years interviewing interracial couples in Chicago. Her memoir draws from their records.

An armed, masked subject was caught on Nancy Guthrie's front doorbell camera on the morning she disappeared.

NPR's Rachel Treisman took a pause from watching figure skaters break records to see speed skaters break records. Plus, the surreal experience of watching backflip artist Ilia Malinin.