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Sherm Poppen didn't become wealthy off of his invention, the Snurfer. But Poppen, who died recently at 89, is widely considered the grandfather of the multi-billion dollar snowboard industry.

The Iowa State Fair attracts nearly all presidential candidates every four years. As always, it's been a big media spectacle this year, so what have voters actually gotten out of it?

It can be hard enough finding a doctor who prescribes buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid addiction. But patients also report difficulty with pharmacies that refuse to stock the drug.

In India, children's backpacks often weigh half their body weight. New rules limit the weight of backpacks and ban some homework to prevent damage to students' backs.

Immigrant advocates are threatening to sue the Trump administration for its new rule that will make it harder for immigrants to get green cards if they use, and are likely to use, public benefits.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Ken Cuccinelli, acting head of Citizenship and Immigration Services, about a rule that could force immigrants to choose between accepting public benefits and a green card.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with reporter Melissa Brown of the Montgomery Advertiser about her reporting on Walker County, Ala., which was flooded with tens of millions of opioid pills.

The administration argues that immigration judges are managers who are barred from forming a union. The leader of the union says the administration wants the judges to speed up deportation cases.

Sarah Broom's childhood house is the fulcrum for her memoir about her large and complex family. But perhaps more important, it stands in for the countless ways America has failed African Americans.

Normally there’s nothing controversial about kids going back to school in August. But in a handful of North Carolina districts near Charlotte, local...