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Soil is being placed on top of the crossing.

The mass of the Earth can now be measured as 6 ronnagrams rather than 6,000 yottagrams. An electron's mass can now be said to be about 1 rontogram rather than 0.001 yoctograms.

Dad jokes aren't just a thing of the present: NPR's Scott Simon has the details on the "Liber Patavinus" - a book of humor for Ancient Rome.

President Bush named top White House economic adviser Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board on Monday to succeed the near-legendary Alan Greenspan.

Though the Civil Rights Movement is largely associated with the 1950s and 1960s, and while the movement made many gains during that time, questions of civil rights are continuously in today’s headlines and newsfeeds. Politicians and pundits reference CRT and “woke,” and in some circles, references to race can quickly create tension, as “colorblindness” is touted as the best way forward. But what do all these things mean? First, what even is race and what is its history? Then, what is CRT and what is “woke” and why do some find these concepts controversial? What is “colorblindness”? This course will look at many of the theoretical underpinnings of discussions of race today, and will consider why these underpinnings matter in the creation of tomorrow’s society.

Jason Hensley, PhD, teaches religious studies at a private school in Los Angeles. He is a fellow of the Michael LaPrade Holocaust Education Institute of the Anti-Defamation League, a member of Civic Spirit's teacher education cohort, and the award-winning author of 10 books. His work has been featured in The Huffington Post as well as the BBC, and he has served as the historical advisor for a Holocaust documentary.

A K-pop blockbuster lands atop this week's Billboard albums chart, but it's not the one you might be expecting.

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Heaviest rainfall expected Wednesday/Thursday, but showers could continue into Friday. Some mountain areas topped 7" of rain as of Wednesday night.

If the tax cut for wealthiest Americans is allowed to expire, those households making over $250,000 would see their income tax rate rise from 33 percent to 36 percent and those making upwards of $375,000 would go from a 35 percent rate to 39.6 percent. But does it make sense for the tax rate for someone making six figures to be the same as for multimillionaires?

Tamara Keith has been a White House correspondent for NPR since 2014 and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast, the top political news podcast in America. Keith has chronicled the Trump administration from day one, putting this unorthodox presidency in context for NPR listeners, from early morning tweets to executive orders and investigations. She covered the final two years of the Obama presidency, and during the 2016 presidential campaign she was assigned to cover Hillary Clinton. In 2018, Keith was elected to serve on the board of the White House Correspondents' Association.