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Miles from public transportation, many students at this community college didn't have a way to get to class. That is, until the school decided to partner with the ride-hailing company, Uber.

Akron is one of four cities using civic-engagement grants to make voting a more playful and community-oriented act.

Far down the ballot, district attorney races could reshape the criminal justice system for millions of Americans by electing a more diverse slate of prosecutors.

Social and demographic change has shaken the foundation for some of what it means to be American. It has set the backdrop of this campaign in ways that were predictable and completely surprising.

Syrian rebel forces begin a military offensive targeting "the obscurantists [who] have taken this city as capital for their so-called state."

Up until he retired as head of the National Academy of Sciences, the soft-spoken atmospheric scientist spent his career diligently directing a skeptical public to the human causes of climate change.

Republicans control a record 67 out of 98 partisan state legislative chambers, and Democrats hope to take over between six and 12 chambers on Tuesday.

Todd Kohlhepp, 45, was arrested Thursday after sheriff's deputies found Kala Brown on his wooded property, "chained like a dog" and living in a metal container.

Republicans are expected to pick up control in at least one or two of the 12 gubernatorial races on the ballot, and they could even hit a modern-day record of states they control.

It's finally upon us. In just 48 hours tens of millions of voters will make their decision. NPR provides some final political analysis that voters should be thinking about as they head to the polls.