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Seventy years ago, Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of a bus, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott. Montgomery, Alabama, and other cities will commemorate the historic act of defiance Monday.

Oil and gas drillers are releasing more climate-warming methane than the government estimates, a new study shows.

The Motion Picture Academy hopes that more popular films, an earlier showtime, and increased diversity among nominees will lead to higher viewership.

NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss yet another sports gambling scandal and preview the NHL and NBA playoffs.

Stars are born in clusters. Some stay together as binaries, some drift apart and some are violently thrown out of the family. The Pleiades are young clustered blue stars being born from dust and gas.

Organizers of the protest vote wanted to get at least 20,000 "uninstructed" votes in Tuesday's primary. The results indicate they exceeded that goal.

Consumers are boycotting U.S. products and companies to protest Washington's support for Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

The U.S. economy remains remarkably resilient, despite a sharp rise in interest rates. Mortgage rates are at their highest level in more than two decades.

The latest shots could bolster immunity as a new COVID-19 wave rises, and the season for peak respiratory illnesses approaches.

The new rollout of Israel's U.S.-backed food distribution plan has been greatly flawed and stirring chaos and desperation in Gaza.