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Teachers walk the picket line outside Garfield High School in Seattle, Wash., last week. They're going back to work on the strength of a tentative contract agreement.

Seattle Teachers Going Back To School After Tentative Contract Deal Is Reached

Union leaders have voted to suspend their strike, which began last week. The full membership will vote on the deal on Sunday. The dispute has kept 53,000 students from starting their school year.

Small Changes By Employers Can Raise Workers' Health Costs

As the enrollment window opens for employer-provided health insurance, workers may see changes for wellness programs, dependents' coverage and specialty drugs that could be costly.

Jeb Bush has struggled this summer in the GOP primary race, falling from front-runner to back of the pack. But a superPAC supporting him is coming to the rescue, dumping in $24 million in TV ads.

Jeb Bush SuperPAC Going Up With $24 Million In TV Ads

The ad wars are about to start in earnest. And the best-funded superPAC is about to dominate the airwaves in support of Jeb Bush.

Author Mary Karr says she once broke her computer's delete key while writing a memoir.

Mary Karr On Writing Memoirs: 'No Doubt I've Gotten A Million Things Wrong'

Karr discusses the faults of memory, the challenges of writing about loved ones and the pain of deleting 1,200 pages because "there was something untrue about them." Her new book is The Art of Memoir.

Exhaustian And Elation Among The Migrants In Munich

Germany is now welcoming some of the thousands of refugees pouring into Europe. Dave Blanchard of Oregon Public Broadcasting talks to NPR's Linda Wertheimer about their arrival.

WATCH: I'll Have What These Pigs Are Having

Pigs lucky enough to be born in the backyard of a chef are raised on gourmet slop. In the peak of summer, that can mean a feast of heirloom tomatoes.

Packed Onto Trains, Migrants Make Orderly Entrance Into Austria

Thousands of migrants entered Austria on Sunday, as the flow of humanity from Syria and other troubled parts of the Middle East and Africa continued into Europe.

Gargur, No'maan, Melsoon and Shams — four of the Muppet stars of <em>Iftah Ya Simsim</em>, the first Arabic-language version of Sesame Street. The show went off the air 25 years ago, and other Arabic-language <em>Sesame Street </em>spinoffs have launched since — but now, the original is debuting again.

After 25-Year Hiatus, First Arabic-Language 'Sesame Street' Opens Again

Iftah Ya Simsim was one of the earliest foreign-language Sesame Street spinoffs when it launched in 1979. But the beloved show went dark when its studio was partially destroyed during the Gulf War.

In Campaign To Prevent Ebola, A Vaccine For Apes Could Save Humans, Too

After the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, University of Cambridge researcher Peter Walsh has been developing an Ebola vaccine for wild apes, hoping to stop transmission of the deadly virus to humans.

Harvard Law professor Lawrence Lessig lists Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and former <em>Daily Show </em>host Jon Stewart as possible running mates among those from whom visitors to his website can choose.

Harvard Law Professor Crowdfunds $1 Million, Launches Presidential Bid

Lawrence Lessig is running on a singular platform. If elected, he vows to expand voting access, ban gerrymandering and institute campaign finance reform — then resign.

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