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Jail terms were given to most Atlanta educators, who were convicted this month of conspiring to cheat on state tests to earn raises and bonuses. Steve Inskeep talks to Rachel Aviv of The New Yorker.

The Ebola screening of airline passengers departing from Monrovia was not operating like a well-oiled machine Monday.

Congress adjourned Friday for a five week recess. Senior Washington correspondent Ron Elving joins NPR's Eric Westervelt to talk about what they did and didn't get done.

In the post-World War II economy, most Americans lived in middle-income homes. But that has been shifting for decades. Today, middle-income families make up less than 50 percent of all households.

President Obama once said he would go to Cuba only if the human rights situation on the island improved. Critics say he's crossed his own red line by going now when political arrests are up.

Raghuram Rajan was a U.S. resident, educated in both India and the United States. That C.V. and questions on policies put Rajan in the line of fire.

Mary Keitany has won the women's race three years in a row. Tatyana McFadden won her fourth consecutive title in the women's wheelchair race. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie became the youngest man ever to win.

As the death toll continued to rise from a wildfire that destroyed parts of Gatlinburg, Tenn., officials began to assess the response to a blaze that grew out of control in a matter of minutes.

The sketch comedy show returned after months away, to an electorate on edge, and to an election that's hard to laugh at.