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For 30 years, the U.S. Department of Education has had the power to hold for-profit college executives personally liable when their schools defraud students. It simply hasn't used it.

In Pennsylvania, three Democratic contenders for the U.S. Senate are campaigning in very different ways.

Widespread allegations of rape at the hands of Russian soldiers have been coming out of Ukraine. Experts say rape in conflict is often used to pursue strategic aims.

Some Republicans worry that if the scandal-plagued former governor were to win the primary, it would place a Senate seat considered to be safely GOP in jeopardy.

To control inflation during WWII, the U.S. government resorted to wide-ranging price controls. Their unintended consequences might explain why today's policymakers are reluctant to try it again.

The royal family has decided to leave the 105-carat gem out of this weekend's coronation ceremony. The Kohinoor has become a focus of anti-colonial anger. India wants it back.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mercury Prize-winning singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka, about his latest album, Small Changes, and his musical influences.

Days after withdrawing her nomination to become a key banking regulator, Omarova blames banks for distorting her research and creating an ugly environment.

What Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards knew, when he knew it and what he did are questions in a civil rights investigation into a deadly arrest and whether police brass obstructed justice.

Ed Gordon talks with Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH) about his campaign to be the next governor of Ohio. Strickland, an ordained minister from southeastern Ohio's rural Appalachian region, faces a tough race against Republican candidate Kenneth Blackwell, a conservative African-American, who is currently serving as Ohio's secretary of state.