Nearly 4 million college students — about a fifth of all undergraduates — are writing papers and taking exams while also raising children. Despite getting better grades than their childless classmates, they’re also less likely to graduate. "These are the people we need to be investing in," says one researcher — and that means campuses need to become more family-friendly.
An estimated 41% of U.S. adults admit to hiding accounts, debts or spending habits from their spouse or partner, and financial infidelity can be just as hard to cope with as the more traditional variety. "What else don't I know? What else is he hiding?" one woman said of her spouse, whose secret debt ballooned to $20,000. “The trust part was the hardest thing to get back."
Riley Howell, 21, was one of two people killed in a shooting at the University of North Carolina Charlotte on Tuesday, but police say he may have saved a lot of lives. Unable to run or hide, he charged the suspect and knocked him off his feet, leading to him being disarmed.
Automation may be replacing a lot of manufacturing jobs in the United States, but even in the largest plants, a human touch is still critical. At a Volvo plant in South Carolina, for instance, robots may build the cars, but eyes are better than cameras at spotting imperfections, and some complex parts need living hands to connect.
An NPR investigation into the mismanagement of a Department of Education grant program is starting to pay off for the affected teachers. An outside company had incorrectly converted the grants into loans that had be repaid; that’s now been reversed for 2,300 teachers, who had worked years in challenging schools to meet the grants’ requirements.
Waiting until marriage to have sex is relatively rare in the United States. For Adam and Laura Hardin, holding off on sex meant needing to talk about it — a lot. But after a few days of frustrating trial and error and some advice from a friend, they figured it out and now have a growing family. They spoke with All Things Considered as part of the show’s series on sex. | 
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