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PolitiFact provides some answers to the many legal questions coming out of former President Donald Trump's New York convictions and his bid to return to the White House.

There are concerns that a new election data system that's being pushed by conservative activists and is fueling many mass challenges of registrations could kick legitimate voters off the rolls.

State election officials took suggestions about how to update the process for felons to seek what are known as advisory opinions about their eligibility to vote, with advocates calling for a procedure that provides “certainty” for people who have completed their sentences.

VA Sec. Eric Shinseki resigned Friday after meeting with President Obama. Obama praised Shinseki, but said the retired general feels that new leadership is needed to address the department's problems.

Robert Siegel talks to Peter "Pete" Hoekstra, who was chair of the House Intelligence Committee from 2004-2007. He talks about the Senate Intelligence Committee's so-called torture report and talks about what he knew of the offenses at the time, and what he thinks of the report today.

Audie Cornish talks with, Pete Smithhisler, president and CEO of the North American Interfraternity Conference, on addressing sexual assault within fraternities.

The Supreme Court has ruled that workers at a Nevada Amazon factory aren't due overtime for time spent in security lines at the ends of their shifts, waiting to be checked for stolen goods.

The House appears to have reached a trillion-dollar deal to keep the government running, but leaves the Senate just hours to speed the bill through — and some senators may prefer to take their time.

There was some anticipation this week that President Obama might endorse stronger measures to give training to Syria's rebels. The president told NPR the rebels might be better able to use U.S. aid.

India recently reneged on a World Trade Organization trade deal years in the making. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he broke the deal to protect his country's poor.

The program will be offered online starting in the fall for students coming from a bachelor’s degree in the engineering and technology field.

President Biden’s decision to close the border to asylum-seekers throws a spotlight on one of the most divisive issues ahead of the November ballot: immigration.

Over the course of his decades-long career in public health, Fauci vowed he would never shy away from speaking the truth with the U.S. president— even when it was inconvenient. Fauci's memoir is On Call.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Gov. Wes Moore about absolving people convicted of cannabis-related crimes, in what he calls “the most sweeping state level pardon in any state in American history.”

Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order pardoning more than 175,000 cannabis convictions on Monday, making Maryland the latest state to try to undo the harm imposed by criminal records.

The ruling was the latest twist in a legal battle about the financial impact statement, which appear with ballot initiatives to provide estimated effects on government revenues and the state budget.

The brain needs to flush out waste products to stay healthy and fend off conditions like Alzheimer's disease. Scientists are beginning to understand how the the brain's waste removal system works.

Un programa innovador en Colombia brinda a los hombres la oportunidad de dominar las habilidades necesarias para ser padres activos y, al mismo tiempo, acercarse más a sus hijos.

Steward, which runs eight hospitals in Florida, plans to sell off all its hospitals after filing for Chapter 11 protection. In a letter to acting Labor Secretary Julie Su, Sen. Edward, Markey said the bankruptcy poses concerns for nearly 30,000 workers.

Everyone’s coming out journey is different. This is mine.

At an encampment in California, people seeking asylum fight hot temperatures, rugged terrain and misinformation on how to get asylum in the U.S.

Scientists working to save Florida’s ailing reef hope Caribbean coral thriving in hotter water could bring some relief.

We visited Olfactory NYC to design a scent and to learn why perfume sales are up since 2018.

The National Transportation Safety Board will hear from residents and investigators as it holds its final meeting on the 2023 Norfolk Southern train derailment that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio.

Ratcatching isn’t the lucrative industry it once was in King’s Landing.