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The renowned FIU professor and coastal scientist Stephen Leatherman, known as "Doctor Beach," has released his celebrated list of the top 10 beaches in the U.S. This year, two Florida beaches made the cut.

President Obama wants the nation to produce 8 million more college graduates by the year 2020. But can it be done, and how much would it cost? Host Michel Martin puts those questions to Anthony Carnevale, Director and Research Professor of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.

It's been 31 years since Top Gun. Cruise told an Australian TV show that a sequel will start filming "probably in the next year."

Ehud Yonay wrote the 1983 magazine story that inspired the original Top Gun film. His widow and son say they recovered the copyright and that Paramount didn't secure the film rights before the sequel.

The American Library Association announced today that Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir “Gender Queer” was the most “challenged” book of 2022, the second consecutive year it has topped the list.

Mustafa Badreddine is believed to oversee the group's extensive military operations inside Syria since 2011. It's not clear what kind of explosion killed him or who is responsible.

Craning your neck in the dressing room is just part of the shopping experience. But Neiman Marcus hopes a new digital "Memory Mirror" will make it easier to find something that fits just right.

President Trump has upended global markets by imposing tariffs on imports from several of America's top trading partners. Here's what to know.

A strong quake struck central Italy Wednesday morning. Renee Montagne talks to Emma Tucker, deputy editor of The Times of London, who's in the quake zone. She was vacationing at the time of the quake.

He had been on track to be the top NATO commander in Europe. But the White House says Allen needs to "address health issues within his family." Allen was recently cleared of wrongdoing related to email messages he exchanged with a Florida woman.

The former first daughter and White House adviser spoke remotely to the committee about the Capitol insurrection.

The House panel probing the Capitol riot holds its first public meeting since December to consider referring two senior Trump White House officials to the Justice Department for criminal contempt.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Zachary Cohen, CNN's nation security correspondent, about people close to Donald Trump being among dozens of those who recently received grand jury subpoenas.

We're putting a stop to some of the myths about genetically modified seeds and when farmers can be sued over them.

NPR's A Martinez talks to GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota about the process involving eight different candidates for speaker, and if there's a front runner who can bring Republicans together

President Biden, 82, has focused on U.S. foreign policy for decades. As he leaves office, he said his team's work on artificial intelligence and climate was key for his successor to follow through on.

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, one of Iran's top nuclear officials, has been assassinated. He was killed on Friday in a shooting outside Tehran. Iran's foreign minister has accused Israel of playing a role.

Bloomberg Markets has an annual list that ranks the best-performing alternative investments. To learn where you may want to store your money, Steve Inskeep talks to Devin Banerjee, of Bloomberg News.

A year after a pro-Trump mob invaded the U.S. Capitol, teachers say they want students to grapple with the uncomfortable facts of the day.

Women scientists get first-author credit on medical studies much less often than their male coauthors. That has career implications and could even be skewing the study of women's health.