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Just once every 100 years, the date and time line up with the first 10 digits of the mathematical symbol pi (π).

Editors atThe American Scholar magazine picked the 10 best sentences from fiction and nonfiction, with authors ranging from Toni Morrison to James Joyce.

The U.S. unemployment rate rose to nearly 15 percent — and no one knows where it ends. NPR's Life Kit talked to one woman who's lived through years of economic uncertainty about how to cope.

The sad and terrifying case of 9-year-old Diana Alvarez came to an end Wednesday with a life sentence in prison given to Jorge Manuel Guerrero Torres after he was found guilty of the child's 2016 kidnapping and murder.Diana disappeared from her Unique Circle home at the Sheltering Pines mobile home neighborhood off U.S. 41 in south Lee County early in the morning of May 29.

The historical hooks used by the Makah Tribe in Washington state help prevent the problems of "bycatch" — hauling up the wrong type of fish.

President-elect Donald Trump will be sticking to his Thanksgiving tradition of visiting his estate in Palm Beach. Republican National Committee...

About 1,000 protesters gathered at the Collier County courthouse for a "We Can’t Breathe" rally on June 10 in solidarity with George Floyd protests occurring around the world. The demonstration was organized by The Hippie Circle and Showing Up for Racial Justice SWFL, commonly known as SURJ.

Three people were shot minutes apart in Yakima, Wash., at a Circle K gas station. The suspect then borrowed a phone from a bystander, who later reported hearing him confess to the killings.

Washington, D.C., has created a new, all-boys public school designed specifically for the district's young men of color: Ron Brown College Preparatory High School. For one year, reporters from NPR and Education Week partnered to document the birth of this new school.

A water main break at McGregor Boulevard and San Roberto Circle affected 312 addresses in that area, Fort Myers utility officials said Thursday. The break was repaired late Thursday night.