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Former NBA player Jason Collins died this week at the age of 47. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with journalist Franz Lidz, who helped Collins write his 2013 coming out essay in Sports Illustrated.

The U.S. and Iran remain deadlocked in the Strait of Hormuz, with no clear way forward.

Israel's participation in the Eurovision song contest once again stirs controversy — and a walkout by five countries.

The annual Education Scorecard shows the nation's schools still rebounding from serious losses in math and reading, but it also found those declines began well before the pandemic.

Oklahoma now has its first official "dark sky park" where people get a chance to look at the stars without light pollution.

A majority-Black congressional district in Louisiana spurred a major Supreme Court decision. The district lines trace decades of fights over the landmark Voting Rights Act.

Warsh has argued there's room for the central bank to lower interest rates, but that could be challenging at a time of rising inflation.

Ortiz, a retired Orlando police officer and U.S. Marine veteran, may be able to carve out a position as the centrist choice in contrast to the progressive State Rep. Anna Eskamani.

Scientists dug up a Paleolithic tooth that shows signs that these hominins may have been capable of executing a precise dental procedure.

Riley's new film centers on a crew of women who steal from luxury fashion stores and sell the goods at lower cost to people who can't afford retail. He says it's a challenge to the system.