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Teachers can become frustrated when students don't seem to try hard when it comes to schoolwork. There's a surprising explanation of why some students might not be putting their best effort forward.

At Gravity Payments in Seattle, the CEO announced the new minimum wage. Some employees will more than double their pay. The boss will take a pay cut to make the $70,000 a year minimum wage possible.

Imagine a time when presidential candidates declared just two months before Iowa. Flash back to 1979 when Ronald Reagan announced. It's not just timing that's shifted; so has the culture.

New research finds "higher risks of adverse health outcomes" when pregnancies are spaced less than 18 months apart.

Mike Leeper was Juror No. 5 in Timothy McVeigh's trial for the 1995 terror attack that killed 168 people.

Slate's Julia Turner tells us what's trending, including Hillary Clinton's new logo for her 2016 presidential campaign.

When we think about “prenatal development,” we mostly refer to the amazing process whereby a fertilized egg becomes a newborn. That journey is nothing…

Alison Bechdel's bestselling graphic novel memoir about growing up gay with a closeted father doesn't seem like an obvious choice for a musical, but it's coming to Broadway. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

Watch the British band, which just reunited after 20 years, as it performs "Leave Them All Behind."

The song by Wiz Khalifa featuring Charlie Puth broke the record this week for Spotify streams in a single day with 4.2 million plays.