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Ohio votes down Issue 1, rejecting conservative lawmakers' attempt to change the constitutional amendment process ahead of a vote on reproductive rights this November.

One section covering race massacres tells teachers to instruct students about acts of violence "against and by African Americans." That both-sides approach drew outrage.

Book stalls along the Seine River have been a beloved Paris tradition for centuries. A plan to remove them before next summer's Olympic Games has not been well received.

Amid confusion and uncertainty about the District's marijuana rules, more and more people are challenging the law's limitations.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Marcus K. Dowling, country music reporter for The Tennessean, on the controversy surrounding Jason Aldean's "Try That In A Small Town" song and music video.

All over the world, people have been grilling since they discovered fire, and immigrants to the United States brought their signature flavors with them. Hot dogs and burgers are joined by chorizo, kalbi, yakitori, kebab and more as we fire up the grill for Independence Day.

Debut author Siobhan Fallon writes about the lives of soldiers and their families in her new short story collection, You Know When the Men Are Gone. Families, she says, take the strangeness of deployment and learn how to create a new normal.

Alabama has to come up with a new congressional map after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that its current districts likely diluted the voting power of Black residents.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan about new guidelines for agencies that review mergers and acquisitions for compliance with federal antitrust laws.

Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's coalition beat out Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition by a narrow margin in parliamentary elections. That means Allawi's alliance will get a first shot at trying to form a government. Robert Siegel speaks with NPR Baghdad Bureau Chief Quil Lawrence.

Gary Coleman, the child star of the 1970's sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," died Friday after suffering an intercranial hemorrhage. He was 42.

President Obama has declared a major disaster in West Virginia after flooding killed at least 24 people. The town of Rainelle started to clean up today as waters began to recede.

"The Martyr Museum" features historic heroes like Joan of Arc alongside some perpetrators of recent terrorist attacks. The idea is to try to understand what drives some to give their life to a cause.

The first words Bridie Monds-Watson sings on her debut album double as a tidy thesis statement: "A teenage heart is an unguided dart." The Irish singer-songwriter records under the name SOAK.

In North Dakota the Army Corps of Engineers met with Native American leader hoping to avoid more confrontations between police and Dakota Access Pipeline protesters.

Honorary professor at University College, London, Tony Freeth talks about his studies on the Antikythera Mechanism, which was just featured in the film Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

Sister Lisa Maurer of the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn., is one of only a handful of women to ever coach college football — and also is, in all likelihood, the first nun.

The Obama administration has kept its distance from the crisis in Syria. Journalist Thanassis Cambanis tells NPR's Scott Simon that it would be in our own interests to escalate military involvement.

Ballot measures cover a lot of ground this year — from minimum wage to school calendars to one involving doughnuts and bear hunting. NPR's Charlie Mahtesian takes NPR's Scott Simon through the list.

Brazil is one of the prime suppliers of steel to the United States and would bear the brunt of any tariffs. Brazil's foreign minister said Brazil would consider retaliatory actions.

Cartoonist Riad Sattouf continues his scathing memoir of his childhood in Syria and Libya. Just as in the first volume, his disgust for the oddities and outrages around him is palpable on the page.

Daniel José Older's new novel continues the adventures of magician Sierra Santiago and her tight-knit band of friends and family as they battle not just unfriendly sorcery but everyday discrimination.

In many ways — setting, historical elements, the mix of romance and horror, the use of Spanish — Vampires of El Norte is the spiritual sister of The Hacienda, and a perfect example of genre mixing.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Dry conditions and high winds increased by Hurricane Dora passing to the south created dramatic fires — resulting in fatalities, evacuations and destroyed buildings.