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Massachusetts high school students would take end-of-course tests designed, administered and scored by the state under new graduation requirements recommended Monday by a state council. Passing the tests would not be a condition of receiving a diploma, as it was under the former "high stakes" MCAS system, but a major teachers union said the proposal still "defies the will of the voters" in 2024.

The latest version of the Kids Online Safety Act in the U.S. House is facing new opposition, this time from some parent advocate groups and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who is a co-sponsor of the Senate bill.

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey discusses the D.C. shooting that targeted two Guard members from his state.

Hamas says it is willing to lay down its weapons after two years of war in Gaza, but Israel may not agree to its main condition.

The signs of Republican pushback come as President Trump has pursued a campaign of mass deportations and crackdown on migration from certain countries.

Palestinian novelist Bassem Khandaqji won Arabic literature's top prize while in Israeli prison for a deadly Tel Aviv bombing. He was freed last month in the hostage-prisoner exchange between Hamas and Israel.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., about the next steps in the push to release thousands of pages of documents from Jeffrey Epstein's estate.

NPR's Rob Schmitz and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the latest on Sherrone Moore's case after his firing as head coach of Michigan football and subsequent arrest for assault.

Ukraine's president says he will look into changing the constitution to hold wartime elections or a referendum on ceding territory to Russia amid ongoing peace talks to end the war.

The company's first permanent in-person space is a former Lord & Taylor department store in the King of Prussia Mall outside Philadelphia. Locations are on the way in Dallas and Las Vegas.