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Adams' historical importance is often overlooked because he didn't keep copies of his own letters. Stacy Schiff's superb new biography explores his crucial role in inciting the American Revolution.

Efforts to curb social media for minors are popping up in state legislatures. Advocates say it'd help temper harmful mental health effects. But the constitutionality of all out bans is up for debate.

P.W. Singer and Emerson Brooking say social media has been manipulated to fuel popular uprisings and affect the course of military and political campaigns. Their new book is LikeWar.

A new report from Uber, covering 2017 and 2018, says the claims range from unwanted touching and kissing to rape. Also, 19 people were killed in physical assaults during or soon after an Uber ride.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the prominent Russian opposition leader was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent previously used by Russian agents, and says Moscow has some explaining to do.

Just this month, the governor said he doesn’t have the legal authority to impose a moratorium on fracking permits. Two key state lawmakers are willing to change that.

The new program, which aims to address harms suffered by Black residents due to the city's past discriminatory housing policies, is part of a larger reparations fund established in 2019.

In January, the Virginia Department of Corrections restricted public access to execution records. NPR is now publishing a selection of those secret files.

Klose led NPR for a decade starting in 1998, a period of incredible growth for the public media network.

Although all of Oregon's counties saw decreases in unemployment rates, many counties still rest above both the state and national rates.