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Charleston was a key port in the slave trade where approximately 40% of all slaves entered the country.

Senate Bill 266 also shifts some costs of purchased power from industrial to residential customers by changing how they're calculated.

Jackson County commissioners are still considering leaving the Fontana Regional Library System. On Thursday, commissioners invited the library board to a joint meeting to answer questions. The questions were wide-ranging, including the budget, organization and policies of the three-county library system.

Police say Trenton Abston, 25, came to Mayor Paul Young's home armed with a Taser. Officers allegedly found rope and duct tape in his car.

At these softball playoffs for 11- and 12-year-old girls, you may hear singing. There's a chant for almost every moment in the game and all of them require full-on K-Pop, selfie energy.

Trump invoked emergency powers more times in his first 100 days than any other modern president has in that time. Experts worry it could lead to an upending of the constitutional balance of power.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula about the military planning underway in the U.S. amid the Israel-Iran conflict.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Rep. Gabby Giffords and her executive director Emma Brown about political violence in the U.S. in the wake of the attack on Minnesota state legislators.

ICE raids have led to fear and anxiety for immigrants in Los Angeles. That fear extends even to those who are in the U.S. legally, keeping many away from public life.

For many Americans, high humidity will make it feel in the triple digits. The National Weather Service is urging people to prepare to protect themselves from the dangers of extreme heat.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mike Vorkunov from the Athletic about the high stakes game in the NBA finals on Sunday.

The rage virus that escaped from a bio-weapons lab in 28 Days Later has been contained -- to all of England -- in this third installment of the auteur-horror franchise.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alessandra Sampaio, journalist Dom Phillips' widow, and Jonathan Watts, Phillips' friend and colleague, about finishing the book Phillips was writing when he was killed.

Israel and Iran continue to pound each other with missiles. Israelis sought shelter in bunkers in several areas. Many Iranians are trying to flee Tehran, while others have chosen to stay and risk it.

Data from the CDC indicates this may be a bad tick season. So if you're planning a hike, a trip to a park or just hanging out in the backyard, here are some tips to fend off these blood-sucking bugs.

Democrat Josh Stein made his decisions late Friday afternoon.

After working as an emergency medicine physician in Kansas City for years, Kathryn Miner started exploring other ways to help people in her community and pursued lifestyle and culinary medicine.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with the Haim sisters about their new album I Quit out Friday.

European diplomats are working to revive nuclear negotiations with Iran to find a peaceful end to a war that President Trump has said the U.S. could join to support Israel against Iran.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with LA Times reporter Daniel Miller about the indictment of seven people in what prosecutors are calling "the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history."