The tobacco industry has traditionally targeted Blacks and Hispanics with menthol and other flavored tobacco products. So ...

New York State is mandating smaller classes in its schools, but that may not benefit those most in need, especially in New ...

Inductees this year also included A Tribe Called Quest and Dave Matthews Band, and posthumous recognition for Jimmy Buffett, ...

TEL AVIV, Israel, and BEIRUT — Israel's military carried out airstrikes overnight on targets in Lebanon that the military says are linked to a financial institution that undergirds the militant group ...

The Supreme Court said Monday it would weigh in on at least one version of what is derisively called “judge shopping.” That is the phenomenon of plaintiffs going to great lengths to file cases with ...

Comic, actor and cabaret singer Bridget Everett grew up in Manhattan. No, not the Big Apple, the "Little Apple" — that is Manhattan in Kansas. Though she had friends, Everett didn't feel like she fit ...

The Supreme Court has declined, for now, to hear the latest attack on the so-called administrative state. On Monday it left in place a 90-year old landmark decision that declared that presidents ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. If you've been watching the Apple TV+ series "Bad Monkey," you've heard some great covers of Tom Petty songs, like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WON'T BACK DOWN ...

Over the last several decades, emo music has experienced moments of mainstream popularity. Dashboard Confessional won a VMA in 2002, and more recently, Paramore won two Grammys in 2024. But the vast ...

The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar at the hands of the Israeli military in Gaza Wednesday has prompted celebration and concern alike in Israel and beyond. The killing of the man widely held ...