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A nonprofit in Idaho is training better-prepared teachers who'll be less likely to leave the classroom after a year or two.

The Republican Spanish-language response to State of the Union was almost identical to the one delivered in English, except on the issue of immigration. Will that help or hurt with Latino voters?

The new Spanish parliament looks very different than its predecessor. The assembly now has its first black MP, a physicist who uses a wheelchair and a record number of female lawmakers.

Al-Qaida-linked gunmen stormed a hotel popular with Westerners in Ouagadougou, taking more than 120 hostages Friday night, officials say. Security forces have now taken back the hotel.

U.S. officials have confirmed that Iran has released four Americans - including Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian. Scott Simon talks with NPR's Peter Kenyon what it means for US-Iran relations.

The water in Flint, Mich., is contaminated with dangerously high levels of lead. The president has now declared a state of emergency and authorized FEMA to provide assistance.

Four men in Iranian custody and seven working their way through the U.S. legal system will be released or pardoned today as part of a prisoner swap. Here's what we know about them.

Virginia Republican Puneet Ahluwalia, actor Ravi Patel and NPR's Sam Sanders join Michel Martin to talk Nikki Haley hashtags and the Oscar nominations.

On a day that sanctions were lifted on Iran, for its compliance with last July's international nuclear agreement, Iran also released five American prisoners. The U.S. released seven Iranians, as well.

Arthur MacMillan is the Tehran deputy bureau chief at Agence France-Presse. He gives some insight about how the prisoner swap and nuclear deal is being perceived in Iran.