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Sophie Blackall, illustrator of the best-selling Ivy and Bean books, has enlisted her heroines in the effort to eradicate measles. They decide that a shot is more practical than moving to the moon.

Peggy Ivie teaches merengue, waltz and East Coast swing at the Tennessee School for the Blind.

NPR's Robert Smith reports that students of Princeton University and their parents are gasping in relief -- over tuition. The university plans to bolster its financial aid so that undergraduates won't have to take out student loans. This will likely give Princeton a keen edge in attracting the best students, and it has other Ivy League schools scrambling.

The Ivy League school is also introducing a mandatory four-year sexual violence prevention and education program for students. The steps are part of efforts to reform social life at the college.

Andy Davis was never able to meet his unsung hero — a woman named Sarah Ivy, whose heart gave him another shot at life after his failed.

Spare Parts is a new movie about a team of undocumented high school students who beat the Ivy League in a prestigious engineering contest.

U.S. troops continue house-to-house searches for remnants of the Saddam Hussein regime or other Iraqis who may be planning attacks on U.S.-led forces. Operation Ivy Serpent is the fourth such sweep. NPR's Guy Raz, embedded with U.S. soldiers, reports from Tikrit.

Reggaeton music is popular all over the world but sometimes its lyrics and videos are degrading to women. NPR's Radio Ambulante tried to answer whether you can be a feminist and listen to reggaeton?

HBO Max's animated series Harley Quinn is a madcap, often profane adult-oriented look at the Batman universe that succeeds more than most of DC's live action films. The third season begins Thursday.

Graffiti -- New York's most famous symbol of urban anxiety -- no longer grows like ivy on the subway trains. Still, it's lodged deeply in the city's psyche. And through Sept. 3, it's firmly ensconced in the Brooklyn Museum, in an exhibition simply called, "Graffiti."