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New research raises concerns about low graduations rates for black college football players. Host Michel Martin finds out more from education reporter Emily Richmond, and professor Shaun Harper of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education.

Under the health law, pediatric dental coverage is one of 10 core health benefits that must be offered to people who shop for plans on the health insurance marketplaces. But the plans are only required to cover only medically necessary orthodontia.

The Victorian proverb touting the health benefits of daily apple consumption has data to support it, British researchers say. And cholesterol-lowering statin drugs do, too. People who eat plenty of fruits and vegetables and take statins when directed would be healthier still.

PRI's The World - with Host Marco Werman We're back to the topic of US-Russian relations. They've been strained in recent months by disagreements over the…

Host Michel Martin continues her conversation with school leaders about students' math and reading skills.

The state's Supreme Court unanimously ruled to validate a practice that had started on the county level in the absence of a specific state law.

The president commuted the sentences of eight people convicted on cocaine-related charges and pardoned 13 others convicted of other offenses.

Many people over 60 won't have to work so hard to lower their blood pressure, if doctors adhere to guidelines for treatment. That's because there's a lack of proof that people with moderately high blood pressure can reduce their risk of heart attacks and strokes by trying to lower it substantially with drugs.

Authorities say nearly 90 are injured, several of them seriously, after the collapse in the city's West End.

Two billion — that's the number of dollars the federal government lost during the partial government shutdown, paying furloughed employees not to work.