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Baseball is having trouble attracting African-American players, so to increase participation, leaders are trying to get kids interested early, before other sports grab their attention.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Mara Liasson and Michael Nutter of Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign about a 2015 audio tape in which Bloomberg is accused of making racist comments.

Bernie Sanders wins New Hampshire's Democratic presidential primary. The Justice Department steps in to seek a shorter sentence for Roger Stone. And, Venezuela's opposition leader returns to Caracas.

Recent advances in biotech make scientists optimistic that they might have a vaccine that has passed basic tests of human safety and efficacy ready to go to clinics as soon as this fall.

Tonight you can bask in the meditative Lux Aeterna by Howard Hanson.

The failure of this year's Iowa caucuses was years in the making, some technology specialists argue, in part because of the haphazard way political users buy software.

The former vice president's campaign is looking at South Carolina, where African Americans make up a large share of the electorate, as a must-win state.

Deepa Anappara's debut novel defies characterization. Set in a sprawling Indian slum, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line centers on a trio of kids who venture out to look for a missing classmate.

Weeks before the census is fully underway, the Government Accountability Office finds the Census Bureau is behind on recruiting workers and resolving risks with the first primarily online U.S. count.

Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. Schwartz believes choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.