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Twitter was abuzz after the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, with several political journalists sounding off on comedian Michelle Wolf's routine and soul-searching about the event.

Thirty-five years after the landmark report warned of a "rising tide of mediocrity" in U.S. education, the statistics have been questioned, but the concerns still feel urgent.

Authorities in Massachusetts want to cut the recidivism rate for men ages 18 to 24. They're trying a new program based on a German model that teaches responsibility as a means to greater freedoms.

Native Americans of the Northern Plains are gathering this weekend to commemorate an 1868 agreement with the United States — one often invoked in the debate on pipeline construction.

Reporter Arshy Mann breaks down the ideology of violent misogyny linked to the Toronto suspect: "It's quite a disturbing part of the Internet."

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is urging easing economic tensions with Qatar amid efforts by the U.S. to apply new sanctions against Iran.

Twenty-three years after a brazen theft, the mystery still divides a tiny sect known as the Samaritans. Here's the story of the international hunt to bring the manuscripts home.

Nearly 40 percent of giraffes were wiped out in one generation. Now, Kenyan conservation efforts are helping to bring them back.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to close the country's main nuclear testing site in May. For more on what this signifies, NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jean Lee of the Wilson Center.