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The practice dates back to the 1920s, when a new cohort of students — many of them Jewish and/or immigrants — were vying for space at American universities.

Sea-level rise is so acute in South Florida that local governments are eyeing hundreds of millions in spending to mitigate floodwaters. But wealthy foreign investors don't seem fazed.

NPR's A Martinez talks with 19-year-old Taylor Bergmann of Hunt, Texas, about how he and his family escaped his home as the floods came in on July 4

Those with equity in a home can trade up more easily, while many first-time homebuyers are still stuck on the sidelines.

Their collaborative project The Hollywood Vampires is a rock band, specializing in a macabre kind of historical fiction.

The Art Newspaper's latest annual study of "the world's 100 most visited art museums" also reveals signs of modest growth.

Pope Leo XIV's four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is so dizzying in its complexity it recalls some of the globetrotting odysseys of St. John Paul II in his early years.

In an interview with NPR, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the nation's top military officer, said he never questioned that Obama "trusted me." In his controversial book, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Obama felt the military was trying to box him into decisions.

The charges have been expected since an internal report blasted Spanier and other top university leaders for their handling of of sex abuse accusations against Jerry Sandusky.

The policy, meant to discourage the smuggling of contraband into prisons, was to have gone into effect next month.