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After a disappointing Super Tuesday showing, the Massachusetts senator dropped out of the presidential race.

U.S. businesses are shutting down plants and watching their sales plummet around the world. Many economists now say odds are increasing that the economy will slow, if not contract altogether.

The NPR Illinois This I Believe 2020 essay contest wrapped up Wednesday March 4 with a special event at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. The 10…

In Illinois, birth rates are down and more people are leaving the state. These demographic trends are putting pressure on Illinois policy makers to...

Organizers, public officials, musicians and other performers are very publicly grappling with competing priorities — and are trying to find innovative ways to deal with canceled events worldwide.

As we head into warmer temperatures, we dig into some tunes by Angelica Garcia, Bad Bunny and Residente.

Companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Twitter and JPMorgan encourage employees to work from home because of COVID-19 concerns.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with columnists Connie Schultz and Mona Eltahawy about what it means that Elizabeth Warren is pausing her presidential campaign.

Turkey is encouraging refugees to go to Greece, driving them to the border between the two countries and creating scenes of confusion and desperation.

A new play tells the story of the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine disaster in West Virginia. Songwriter Steve Earle used it as a creative challenge to write his forthcoming album, Ghosts of West Virginia.