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Oregon's legislature has passed a new bill recriminalizing small amounts of drugs and ending the most progressive experiment in U.S. drug policy.

Quarantine pushed some students to rethink their grades and their education. We’ll hear what it was like for students who say the school district overlooked mental health consequences of the pandemic. And we'll hear from San Francisco author Kim Kralowec. With Buzzed Lightbeer as today's local music.

The spokesperson for Oakland’s embattled Mayor Sheng Thao has resigned, just a day after the city’s chief executive made her first public statements after FBI agents raided her home last week.

New reports from Physicians for Human Rights and Doctors Without Borders document a "massive influx" of sexual violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. What can be done to stop it?

A group is challenging the state law that can stop immigrants without the proper documents from getting worker's compensation. Michigan and Wyoming are the only two states that deny them.

Early adolescence is a time when kids are becoming more independent and spending more time on social media. When it comes to curbing screen time in this age group, new research suggests some parental strategies work better than others.

President Biden delivers confident speech to NATO summit. Russia strikes children's hospital in Ukrainian capital. NPR probe finds the pharmacist who makes a sedative used in Texas executions.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Leirion Gaylor Baird, mayor of Lincoln, Neb., about her top issues for the election season, and how the next administration can help her community.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Australian comedian and composer about his touring show, "An Unfunny Evening with Tim Minchin and His Piano."

Noise from roads, airports and equipment like leaf blowers has been linked with serious health impacts. Decades ago, the U.S. government passed a law limiting it, but it has no teeth.

Seth Meyers opens up about his time on Saturday Night Live, his relationship with his parents, and how ambition led him away from his strengths.