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Under state law, when a county board of elections fails to unanimously approve an early voting plan, the State Board of Elections is responsible for adopting a plan for that county. Davidson and Union County will proceed without Sunday early voting in the 2025 municipal elections.

The adopted resolution calls for the state and federal governments to halt the project if environmental concerns aren't fully addressed.

Local authorities are reviewing hundreds of pieces of evidence. They say the shooter left troves of notes and plans expressing hate toward multiple groups.

When Al DiStefano accidentally dropped his class ring into the Long Island Sound, he never thought he'd see it again. More than half a century later, the kindness of a stranger brought the ring back to him.

Technologist Victor Riparbelli sees a future where students interact with AI avatars rather than read and write. We ask teachers and kids what they think and how they're using AI right now.

Also known as naloxone, Narcan is a nasal spray that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose within minutes.

A teacher's students became enthusiastic about her summer side hustle. In the end, everybody learned something without even trying.

NPR first wrote about the group "No Sex for Fish" in 2019 — Kenyan women out to end the practice of trading sex to a fisherman in exchange for his catch to sell. Since then they've faced tribulations.

Academia is a very special kind of hell, and Kuang clearly understands it. In her innovative new novel, a magical professor dies in a lab accident and two students descend into hell to find him.

It's typical that former vice presidents have Secret Service protection for 6 months after leaving office. In Harris' case, she had received an extension of her detail. Trump is ending the extension.

The Hindu holiday of Navaratri involves some complicated dance moves, passed down from parents to children. But as one mother discovered, the line between passing on cultural traditions and mortifying your teenager daughters can be perilously thin.

San Francisco has a population of fewer than a million people and yet has launched a number of national political careers, including that of Kamala Harris.

Baseball fans wonder if they could end up with a New York City "subway series," while tennis fans are reflecting on the career of Rafael Nadal.

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

Israel is ramping up its attacks throughout Lebanon, saying it is striking Hezbollah targets there.

Price gouging is both difficult to define and difficult to counter.

Former Pres. Donald Trump visited Aurora, Colo., as he continues to push anti-immigrant messages as part of his presidential campaign.

NPR station photographer and New Orleans native Tyrone Turner traveled back to Louisiana to document the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

He's plush, purple, and to some Mets fans, magnificent! But why has McDonald's milkshake-hungry mascot captured the affection of so many?

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Owen Han. Known as the "sandwich king" of TikTok, Han is out with a new cookbook, "Stacked," that aims to elevate the humble sandwich.