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There is broad consensus among psychologists that corporal punishment can be harmful to children, but the U.S. has no federal laws banning it in public schools.

Elbridge Gerry was an important early figure in the American Revolution, but his decision to approve a "gerrymandered" state legislative map inadvertently won him lasting infamy.

The Child Care and Development Fund, the U.S. government's main source of funding to help low-income families pay for childcare, serves over 1.6 million children in a typical month.

A look at who won and who lost in Tuesday's primaries, President Trump announces delay of tariffs on Canadian imports, child safety trial pitting four states against Meta begins.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with independent documentarian Peter Santenello about his new book, "Your Fellow Americans: Dispatches from Across the Country We Call Home."

The Trump administration has a new $5 billion initiative dedicated to using artificial intelligence to advance science. It's part of what the administration calls a new "golden age of science."

A destructive wildfire season is pushing American firefighting resources to their limits. Australia and New Zealand have sent their largest contingent ever to help out.

An estimated 7.4 million Americans live with dementia. That figure is expected to climb in the coming decades. One Missouri couple is on a mission to bring more dementia care to medical deserts.

A coalition of labor unions and higher-education groups sued the Trump administration to stop a new rule limiting the time foreign students, exchange visitors and journalists can stay in the U.S.

KALW’s Uncuffed podcast empowers people in California prisons to tell their own stories. As this award-winning series launches its fifth season, BAY MADE is sharing some of our favorites from the first four.

A lot of the growth in suburban North Texas comes from the Asian population. Many of those immigrants say they are facing hostilities they've never encountered before.

NPR'S Sacha Pfeiffer asks California Attorney General Rob Bonta about the lawsuit he and other attorneys general are bringing against Meta.