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At colleges across the U.S., football coaches are often among the highest paid people. NPR's Planet Money looks into what makes them so valuable.

The majority of Americans without degrees still believe in the value of higher education, according to the poll. But not all college degrees are created equal.

There are more than 80 major wildfires burning across the western United States. In California, one family escaped the Borel fire, which continues to engulf large swaths of land.

Two suspects, a man and a woman, died in a gun battle with police in San Bernardino, Calif. Police say they executed a search warrant at a home in the nearby town of Redlands, Calif.

Actress Diane Guerrero now stars on shows Jane the Virgin and Orange Is the New Black. But when she was a teenager, her parents were deported. She tells NPR's Michel Martin how it shaped her life.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Mika Golubovsky, English-language editor of Mediazona, about what Russians are saying about the chaos of Ukraine's major incursion.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted Friday on a recommendation that Congress lower certain mandatory drug sentences retroactively. The move could cut almost two years off of thousands of prisoners' sentences.

President Trump revoked a 1965 executive order that required federal contractors to take steps to comply with nondiscrimination laws. Some fear women and people of color will lose opportunities.

SpaceX launched four people into space Monday evening on a first-ever human mission to orbit Earth's polar regions. If successful, the mission also will be the first to cultivate mushrooms as a crop.

The memo could result in immigration judges deciding someone is not eligible for asylum without a hearing, and based solely on a lengthy and complex asylum request form.