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The authors of a new book argue that efforts to raise achievement for students at the bottom have come at the expense of the most gifted and talented.

Vashti Cunningham, 18, is on a roll. She set a world junior record and won the world indoor championship in March, while still in high school. She has now turned pro and has her eyes set on Rio.

Over 130 critics voted on the best jazz albums of 2018 — celebrated elders dominated the top of the results, but a class of younger musicians is rising.

Host Daniel Chacón talks to poet, memoirist and audio writer Garret Hongo about his new book The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo (Pantheon, 2022).

At least 42 people were injured and several homes destroyed from the magnitude 6.0 temblor that struck northeast of the city of Kerman.

Kvitova picked up her second Wimbledon trophy, besting Canadian opponent Eugenie Bouchard 6-3 6-0.

In our weekly series, Lost and Found Sound, a collaboration between NPR and independent producers, we learn about self-appointed disc-jockey Eric Byron.

Towns was widely expected to be chosen first. He and the other top two picks each played only one season in college.

Bad Bunny, who had the most-streamed album of both 2022 and 2023, seems to have another potential juggernaut on his hands. But to top the chart this week he had to hold off an unlikely challenger.

In the Seattle suburb of SeaTac, supporters of a ballot initiative implementing a $15 hourly minimum wage are declaring victory. The measure would benefit some 6,300 workers in the travel and hospitality industries around Seattle's main international airport.