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Who was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and how did he manage to turn ISIS into one of the world's most fearsome terror organizations? He made the organization completely at home in the digital age.

A proposal for what to do with Springfield’s power plant could be announced in November. The plan would follow a report from the spring recommending the…

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with debut novelist Elizabeth Chiles Shelburne about her new book, Holding on to Nothing.

In Syria, news of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death pleased some, but they warned that ISIS' ideology and destruction still live on.

Lots of kids say they want to be pilots when they grow up. A new outreach program in Madison, Wis., takes children from disadvantaged backgrounds on a flight around the city to encourage them.

Two seminaries with historic ties to slavery recently set aside money for reparations. Another rejected such a proposal. The moves have prompted a debate over how to make up for pro-slavery legacies.

American teenagers spend 7 hours, 22 minutes per day on average with screen media, not counting schoolwork or homework. That's according to the newly released Common Sense Census.

In addition to handing out candy, places that display teal pumpkins also give out non-food items such as glow sticks or stickers. The movement took off quickly on social media and continues to grow.

A new book bucks conventional wisdom and says the American tax system is not progressive.

In Iraq and Syria, the ISIS leader's death has stirred a mix of responses — from joy to disbelief to dread that the militants will rise again.