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over the legacy of the Wright brothers. North Carolina has traditionally put "First in Flight" on its license plates, but now Ohio is changing its license plates to "Birthplace of Aviation," arguing that the brothers lived most of their lives there.

Are you in the market for a new computer? Wright Patterson Air Force Base is now home to a $25 million supercomputer.Named "Spirit" the computer is the…

A lawsuit filed Tuesday aims to halt what it sees as the criminalization of minor property code violations, which can hit homeowners with thousands of dollars in cost recovery fees.

Police say an accidental discharge of a gun led to Daunte Wright's death. Iran says it will retaliate for sabotaged nuclear site. Russia builds up military forces on its border with Ukraine.

Australian entrepreneur Craig Steven Wright has come forward as the elusive founder of bitcoin, a fact that has been in question for years. Rachel Martin talks to Ludwig Siegele of The Economist.

In the 1980s and 1990s, asthma rates in U.S. kids reached epidemic proportions. Though studies indicate the rates are leveling off, rates for African American and Hispanic children and inner-city populations aren't declining. New research suggests poverty, stress and poor mental health may be fueling the problem. Madge Kaplan of member station WGBH reports.

Sen. Barack Obama has addressed the simmering controversy about racially charged remarks made by his longtime pastor. In his speech in Philadelphia Tuesday, Obama denounced the remarks and engaged in a conversation about the broader issues of race in America.

The state's school board wants to measure progress in math and reading differently for students based on race and ethnicity. Supporters say the new passing rates take into account students' different starting points. Critics charge the mandates are "backwards-looking."

Amid a rise in healthcare costs and declining federal support for commercial fishermen, a free pop-up health clinic in Galveston, Texas is reaching a community of Vietnamese fishermen.

The ABC show Scandal is ending its seventh and final season. The political thriller is the first Shonda Rhimes show to end on its own accord. We look back at the ground it broke.