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Many kitchens in Colorado crank out steaming pots of tamales for sale -- but it's not legal. Lawmakers are trying to add it to the growing list of foods that can legally be sold.

Last year, the city of Boston settled a case for $1.3 million after police mistook a Black man suffering a stroke for a drunk driver. The settlement is one of the largest in Boston's recent history.

Jeb Bush hoped to be the third Bush elected to the White House, and carry on a dynasty that began with George H.W. Bush's first presidential run in 1980.

George Orwell's dystopian vision offers such devastating political commentary that it's rarely described as a suspense novel. But author and former CIA operative Barry Eisler says the book simply proves just how powerful a thriller with a message can be.

It's already been an active start to the Atlantic hurricane season with several records set for the earliest number of named storms. Now the tropics are firing up again.

People come together every Tuesday on the University of Michigan campus to work on a tapestry based on traditional Palestinian embroidery. Each stitch represents a death in Gaza.

There's a huge cohort of people who are aging without immediate family members to help them. Advocates say this is an opportunity to build better support for everyone.

An additional 1 to 3 inches of rain is expected Tuesday.

The Federal Reserve is expected to hike its benchmark interest rate by an additional three-quarters of a percentage point on Wednesday, as it continues to fight high inflation.

Lawmakers’ allocation of $400 million protects thousands of acres of wildlife corridor.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has touted the laws as strictest in the country. Critics says it will hurt the economy.

A new law in Florida will affect the tenure status of instructors in the state’s colleges and universities.

Go! Pop! Bang! is grounded in the Baltimore club sound — super-danceable, lots of bass and crazily fast rapping. Rye Rye's debut album was all set to be released in 2009, but then sweeping changes in her life got in the way.

The idea that each year produces a few unofficial "songs of the summer" has been rattling around for ages. But do we have a strong contender this year?

A program in Oregon teaches incarcerated youth to train dogs, manage a kennel and help pups find forever homes out in the community.

Why should a community fund free legal aid services for its low-income residents? The Florida Bar Foundation is trying to make the case that these...

Parents wait for state-covered services designed to their children foster independence and job skills for adulthood. But they must think years ahead while their families are under stress.

Historians say the Trump-ordered release of more information on the killings of President John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. could be interesting but unlikely to rewrite history.

Typically concerned with local issues, residents at town meetings in Vermont and elsewhere increasingly use the forum to debate polarizing national and international events.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Kori Schake of the American Enterprise Institute, about her recent piece in Foreign Affairs, Dispensable Nation: America in a Post-American World.

The crisis in Darfur points to the need for a new way to prevent genocide and other human-rights abuses says commentator Joe Loconte. Two years ago, the United Nations reported on the reign of terror in Darfur, but it's taken until now for peace accords to be signed. Loconte says that a new policy, based on the Christian "just war" tradition, should be developed to use force to prevent genocide.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the magazine about the big sports stories of 2015, and what to expect in the new year.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has tried to put a greater focus on women's health. One part of that effort: baby showers.

Pandemic-related protections are ending for people on Medicaid, and they'll need to do a lot more paperwork to stay covered. Black churches in Indianapolis are trying to protect the most vulnerable.

NPR looks at grocery inflation and politics in Pittsburgh, a focus of both major presidential campaigns in their quest to woo voters in must-win Pennsylvania.