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Newark, N.J., has spent decades in decline. Mayor Ras Baraka is trying to turn the city around, with intensive investment in two tough neighborhoods. Residents say he has a lot of history to overcome.

Two inmates, Richard Matt and David Sweat, used power tools to cut through steel walls, slithered through a steam pipe and emerged on the outside through a manhole.

The NBA Finals spotlight is about to shine on an unlikely starting player. The undrafted 24-year-old went to a small liberal arts college where, his adviser says, he was the academic "real deal."

California's Senate approved the End of Life Option Act, a bill that would allow doctor-assisted suicide for some terminally ill patients. The bill had been stalled for years, in part because doctors opposed it. But last month the California Medical Association dropped its opposition, becoming the first state medical association to do so. NPR's Arun Rath talks to Dr. Theodore Mazer, a member of the association's executive board, about the decision.

As skyscrapers are built taller, architects and urban designers are thinking about how to build them better and differently.

The McKinney, Texas, police officer has been placed on leave. The video also shows him pushing a 14-year-old girl to the ground.

The singer-producer duo parties with fellow Virginia representative D.R.A.M. and an Elvis impersonator in their new video.

They're providing more primary and preventive care, and taking patients to non-emergency facilities.

The Islamic State remains in full control a year after capturing the city. Relatively few ISIS fighters are visible, but they have imposed strict rules on all aspects of life.

Graduation rates are rising across the nation — but what's happening in your state? Explore our NPR Ed database.