Search results for

Also in our weekly education news roundup: controversy over New York City's elite high schools; and new moves by Apple to give parents control over what apps their kids are using.

This year's song of the summer comes to you from 1985.

About two years ago, commentator Darcy Wakefield was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, at age 33. A few months later, she wrote a commentary about running — and losing her ability to do it. Since then, her disease has progressed, sometimes in ways she didn't anticipate. Her sister Betsy reads this commentary for her. Wakefield has just released a book, I Remember Running.

Ukrainian and international experts believe it will take years, if not decades, to build cases and prosecute people. Ukraine's prosecutor general's office has opened more than 9,000 investigations.

The latest estimate from various forecast centers around the world say the planet is approaching a warming threshold international agreements are trying to prevent.

Senior White House Counsel Greg Craig will leave his post and will be replaced by Bob Bauer. Craig has faced growing criticism over the difficulties in closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has emerged as the somewhat surprising champion of a health care overhaul in Congress. But some critics worry that in his efforts to craft a bipartisan health care bill, Baucus may compromise too much.

Like some soldiers, the actor doesn't like to talk a lot. But he tells NPR's Madeleine Brand plenty — about acting, about preparing for his role, and about the toll of making even a fictional war.

It has been almost 10 years since Napster helped launch a revolution that turned the music industry on its head, allowing file-sharing fans to swap songs on the Web. In that time, music industry revenues have dropped by half. Does that mean the music will suffer?

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Tad Friend's new memoir Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor.