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Schools don't have enough short-term teachers to fill in the gaps. School districts in Illinois are now holding one-day online training to get short-term subs, even ones without teaching backgrounds.

Willie Mays, the "Say Hey Kid" who some consider the greatest player in baseball history, died Tuesday at the age of 93. Tributes are pouring in, including from Birmingham, Ala., where he grew up.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says it is partnering with Homeland Security to help identify immigrants without legal status living in publicly subsidized housing.

A new book examines the racist background of the last public hanging in the U.S. when tens of thousands of people came to watch in a small Kentucky town.

BP, Equinor and Shell have all announced they are terminating their ties to the Russian oil industry — a move that will cost them billions of dollars.

Tovia Smith is an award-winning NPR National Correspondent based in Boston, who's spent more than three decades covering news around New England and beyond.

Almost no group has been more heavily wooed during this election than white, suburban women. NPR's Rachel Martin brought together seven women in a Virginia suburb to talk about politics.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with award-winning actor John Boyega about his latest film, Breaking.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with civil rights activists about what it was like to fight for the Voting Rights Act in the 1960s — and the rights that are in jeopardy now.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with civil rights activists about what it was like to fight for the Voting Rights Act in the '60s — and the rights that are in jeopardy now.