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Addiction treatment professionals are praising many of the recommendations of a White House commission on the opioid crisis. But some question the recommendation to declare it a national emergency.

Student deaths, mental health issues, stress and overwork, racial and ethnic tensions: These are just some of the challenges faced by Maria Klawe at Harvey Mudd College.

Steve Inskeep and Ailsa Chang talk to NPR's Carrie Johnson and Vanita Gupta, ex-head of DOJ's Civil Rights Division in the Obama-era, about plans to probe schools over affirmative action policies.

They're doing it with memes from Game of Thrones and The Simpsons. And by quickly responding to queries from the public.

Two days after escaping from an Alabama county jail using the insides of a sandwich, the 12th inmate was caught in Florida.

Antonio Mugica, CEO of Smartmatic, the company that set up Venezuela's electronic voting system, says "without a doubt" that the turnout figures were manipulated.

The Hall of Fame coach, who died Wednesday, guided three major programs during his time on the sideline — but he's known best for leading Notre Dame from doldrums to a pair of national championships.

In experimental embryos, scientists were able to repair the gene that causes a serious heart disorder. More research is needed to confirm the method would produce healthy babies, they say.

Two new studies suggest that changing atmospheric conditions could reduce protein and iron in food, leading to more health problems for people in countries where malnutrition is already a problem.

On a busy day for higher education news, the Department of Education suggests in a legal filing that no one is certified for the program.