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A fight between a Seattle man and AOL in the 1990s led to what has been called "the most important internet law ruling ever." Decades later, the Supreme Court is weighing if Section 230 still fits.

Computers traditionally excel at rocketry, so why do new artificial intelligence programs get it wrong?

National reports show students have fallen behind academically at historic levels due to the COVID-19 pandemic–with disproportionate effects on students of color. Some people in mid-Missouri are working to reverse that trend.

The president seemed to be in campaign mode in a stop in West Virginia on Monday, mixing politics, insults and saltiness. The problem is he was doing it in front of adolescent boys in the Boy Scouts.

A new rights movement is led by an activist from South Waziristan, a front line in the war on terrorism. Manzoor Pashteen has attracted thousands of followers in his nonviolent push for reform.

Guns are now the leading cause of death among American children. And many more children are injured in shootings, putting them at risk for life-altering disability, pain, and mental trauma.

Presidential polls are starting to shift to show the race between President Obama and GOP rival Mitt Romney tightening even further, and in some cases, Romney is ahead for the first time. Steve Inskeep talks to David Axelrod, Obama's senior campaign adviser, about the shifts in the race, and the president's strategy with less than a month to go before the election.

It's been 25 years since Jon Stewart first took the host chair at The Daily Show. His run on the show would reshape late night comedy and the way Americans consume politics.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro poses listener questions about the flu to Dr. William Schaffner, infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University, and takes a closer look at Tamiflu.

When a southern town decided to put up a historical marker, few knew it would unlock the secrets of a long-forgotten Civil Rights murder.