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Miranda Lacy and Harold Rogers walk around the campus of West Virginia State University, where both completed undergraduate degrees. They consider the campus a second home because staff there worked hard to make sure their education was accessible. Now, they're in a graduate program that they say has failed to make their learning materials accessible and have filed a lawsuit.
Kristian Thacker for NPR
Trump administration delays rule aimed at improving disability access in schools
Jonaki Mehta
Schools, colleges and other public institutions originally had until this week to make online content accessible to people with disabilities. Now, the Justice Department has delayed that deadline.
Spirit Airlines planes parked at the closed George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Jan. 21, 2025, in Houston.
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How the airline industry could be impacted if Spirit Airlines is liquidated
Ayana Archie
An election worker tears off "I Voted" stickers during the Virginia redistricting referendum at Fairfax Government Center, Tuesday, April 21, 2026, in Fairfax, Va.
Julia Demaree Nikhinson
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With Virginia vote, Democrats gain edge over Trump's national GOP redistricting push
Larry Kaplow
Nepalese people hug trees during a mass tree hugging on World Environment Day in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, June 5, 2011.
From the Himalayas to Newt Gingrich, the 'tree-huggers' prevail
On Earth Day, we take a look back at the rocky history of "tree-huggers." The term originated in the 1970s in the Himalayas and was later co-opted by American politics in the 1990s. Now, environmentalists are reclaiming the word.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears before the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday. He has two more congressional hearings on Wednesday.
RFK Jr. is on a congressional hearing blitz, after a long absence from Capitol Hill
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. caps off seven budget hearings in as many days, the first time he has testified before Congress since September.
The FAA says it wants to build a brand-new air traffic control system that uses software to prevent conflicts, delays and cancellations. Here, passenger jets land and take off at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in March. Last year, a midair collision between a regional airliner and a military helicopter near the airport killed 67 people.
'We can do better,' FAA head says of work to update U.S. analog air traffic system
The U.S. aviation system is being modernized — but FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford and other leaders say it will take more money to make the system more efficient and flexible.
The Great Divide, Kahan's fourth album, is a prodigal son fable, with a central character who destabilizes the spaces he once called home.
On 'The Great Divide,' Noah Kahan is willing to go the distance
The stadium-filling singer-songwriter's fourth album is full of finely detailed songs that expand his sound without sacrificing subtlety.
Dacian gold items, a 2,500-year-old helmet and wristbands, stolen from a museum in the Netherlands and then recovered by Dutch authorities, are presented during a press conference after being returned, at the National Museum of Romanian History, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, April 21, 2026.
Priceless 2,500-year-old golden helmet returned to Romania after Dutch museum raid
The ornate Cotofenesti helmet, which was stolen in January 2025 while on loan to a Dutch museum, was recovered last month.