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Though 39 percent of the state's population is Latino, only 8 percent of its nurses are. Health officials are looking to reduce health disparities by increasing diversity among health professionals.

At this Los Angeles school, STEM and entrepreneurship are as important as reading and math.

Saoirse Ronan plays a homesick Irish immigrant forced to choose between two suitors – and two countries — in the new film, Brooklyn. Critic David Edelstein says the movie "plays like a dream."

The Justice Department found widespread noncompliance with a law requiring states to let people register to vote or update registration information when applying for or renewing a driver's license.

Glyphosate, or Roundup, is a widely used weedkiller and has been classified as a "probable carcinogen." But experts from the European Food Safety Agency now contend it probably doesn't cause cancer.

The Food and Drug Administration's regulations contain some compromises and cover farmers who grow fresh produce, as well as importers. The agency has been working on the rules for five years.

In March, two students here were expelled after a racially charged video surfaced from fraternity members. Now, university officials hope diversity classes will make the campus more inclusive.

The Utah judge had ruled Thursday that the 9-month-old child be placed with a heterosexual couple.

The court will test the constitutionality of a sweeping Texas abortion law that, if upheld, would allow the kind of major abortion restrictions not permitted in more than 40 years.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Time Magazine reporter Vivienne Walt who is based in Paris. She helps put Friday's attacks into context after the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January.