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In 2003, Paul Allen created an institute to figure out how the human brain works. That institute has already made contributions that may turn out to be part of his greatest legacy.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Harvard University senior Sally Chen about why she supports the university's admissions process as the school defends its policies in court this week.

Production of coca, the basis for cocaine, is surging in Colombia after years of successful eradication efforts. The resurgence is in part because of a new generation of drug traffickers.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka was raised by his grandparents. The author and illustrator says he got a lot of practice telling stories as a kid — "making up excuses for where my biological parents were."

He was best known as a legal pimp whose business was profiled on a reality TV show that aired on HBO. He had recently turned to politics, running for state assembly in Nevada.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andy Thomas, the creator of "The Republican Club" — a painting that was seen hanging in the White House on Sunday's 60 Minutes.

One of the enduring legacies of Trump's presidency will be on the court. Republican control of the White House and Senate have seen the confirmation of conservative jurists to courts at all levels.

"My withdrawal comes in the wake of personal attacks that, left undefended, would have made my leading USAG a liability for the organization," Mary Bono said in her resignation letter on Tuesday.

Pot sales begin today in Canada, which is only the second country after Uruguay to legalize the drug for recreational use.

People who were born in the city and don't identify as male or female can change the gender on their birth certificate to a third category of X, without acquiring approval from a physician.