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Throughout the decades, it's remained as a way for its most loyal players to socialize with friends and escape to faraway lands. Readers and listeners to told us about the game's role in their lives.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Rutgers professor Ashley Koning about voting behavior as it relates to the issue of gun violence.

On the first day of school at Indiana University, there was a smaller version of demonstrations held last spring. Students and faculty held a vigil to protest new restrictions on campus speech.

The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction is a relatively new literary award given to women and nonbinary authors. This year's winner is V.V. Ganeshananthan for her book Brotherless Night.

The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol holds its ninth public hearing Thursday, to present some new evidence about former President Trump's role in the insurrection

Facing threats and misinformation, election officials are under intense pressure this fall. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Justin Roebuck, who oversees elections in Ottawa County, Michigan.

The self-coached 23-year-old runner from Kenya beat two-time Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge's previous world record by 34 seconds at the Chicago Marathon.

The first Black country club was started in 1921 in New Jersey. It's still open, but it needs a boost to restore it to its grand state. A grant is helping.

Charlotte Water is requesting permission to increase the amount of water it can transfer from the Catawba River Basin to the Rocky River Basin. The utility is hosting its final public meeting tonight before submitting an application to state regulators.

At least four wildfires on Colorado's populous Front Range have caused thousands of people to evacuate and one death. None of the fires are under control and conditions are ripe for more to start.