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North Carolina legislators are trying to ban the use of many hemp products on school grounds.

The Senate confirmation hearing for Mike Huckabee, President Trump's pick for ambassador to Israel, is being held Tuesday after it was delayed by controversy over his appointment.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with John Verdi, senior vice president for policy at the Future of Privacy Forum, about 23andMe's bankruptcy filing and what a potential sale could mean for customers' data.

The race for one seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has become a test of how voters are feeling about President Trump's first months in office. It's also broken judicial race fundraising records.

Second lady Usha Vance announced on Sunday that she would visit Greenland and watch the territory's famed dogsled race. But now the vice president is joining, and they'll go to a U.S. base instead.

Drug deaths are declining but the Trump administration's intelligence team has issued a new report describing street fentanyl as a top threat to the U.S.

During a heated Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Mark Warner described the actions of the nation's top intelligence officials as "sloppy, careless, incompetent behavior.

A pilot and two girls survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partially submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by a good Samaritan.

The weapons, which are illegal in Serbia, emit sound waves which can trigger sharp ear pain, disorientation, eardrum ruptures or even irreversible hearing damage.

The order tests the power of Trump's authority and would require voters using a federal form to show proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. It's sure to be tested in court.

A 1,300-year-old Buddhist temple, houses, factories and vehicles were among the structures destroyed in the wildfires that have burned 43,330 acres and injured 19 people.

The private messaging Signal is not a secure government network but it is used by many government officials and journalists. NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Matt Blaze, cybersecurity expert and professor at Georgetown University Law Center, about security features on Signal.

El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya said that his decision in the prosecution of Patrick Crusius was driven by a majority of victims' relatives who wanted the case behind them.

In the early 1990's, American rock music was just beginning to emerge from "hair metal." A new book recounts the wild festival of music and activism that helped redefine rock: "Lollapalooza."

A handful of rescued bears in Europe are competing in March Napness, a bracket-style tournament to see what bear can stay in hibernation the longest.

At the Supreme Court today is another challenge to the way federal agencies operate. The issue at hand: Did Congress overstep when it tasked the Federal Communications Commission with getting accessible and subsidized internet to remote and underserved areas?

The New York Public Library's Joan Didion archive opens March 26. Here's what you'll find inside.

President Trump signed an executive order invoking war time powers to help boost production of critical minerals and rare earth elements. There is a global race for those materials, but the U.S. lags behind its main competitor, China.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development says it is partnering with Homeland Security to help identify immigrants without legal status living in publicly subsidized housing.

President Trump's critics say his actions are creating a leadership vacuum around the world. But some political observers in China are skeptic about their country stepping into that void.