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On July 31, 1910, President William Howard Taft proposed everyone should have three months vacation every year. NPR explains why he suggested this and what the reaction was.

Farmers in eastern Wyoming and western Nebraska lost irrigation water after a tunnel collapsed. Repairs are underway, but it's unclear if farmers will be able to save their crops and who will pay.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with food writer Korsha Wilson about how U.S. culinary schools do not reflect the diverse cooking that's happening around the country.

"I have been presented with evidence that demonstrates that the individual who was shot and killed ... may not in fact have been my uncle," his nephew, Mike Thompson, said in an affidavit.

In the last two years, at least five graduates have been approached by agents to gather intelligence on the program and to ascertain whether they have been co-opted by Chinese espionage efforts.

The Navy announced that all charges are being dropped against a SEAL commander in a case related to Eddie Gallagher.

It wasn't immediately clear what type of weapon was tested early Friday, but South Korea's military noted the missiles traveled at hypersonic speeds and flew about 137 miles.

It will now be possible for women to apply for a passport and to travel abroad without a male family member to accompany them.

The Children's Defense Fund is training young people at its Haley Farm in east Tennessee to run summer enrichment programs modeled after civil rights era Freedom Schools.

On the 50th anniversary of the band's landmark album Green River, we dig into how the band formulated its singular sound, its legacy and how Creedence's music still resonates today.