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The nation's first Latina justice tells her story of rising from poverty to reach the epitome of the legal world.

What happens when you drop a ball down a hole drilled through the center of the Earth? The answer might surprise you.

Few things excite me more than morel mushrooms. Hunting them is a rite of spring where I come from. My hometown, Shelbyville, Illinois, holds a mushroom…

The African Union put the mission on hold because the new Central African government isn't cooperating.

Google Nose lets you sniff "15M+ sentibytes" via your computer screen. Twttr is for those who only want to use consonants. YouTube closes until 2023 because it has enough videos already. Morning Edition profiles "Hootie and the Time Travelers." The foolishness has begun.

Duke Energy wants answers on how testimony by a state toxicologist was leaked to the Associated Press three weeks ago. Duke believes an environmental…

It's not immediately clear how the decision will impact force levels. Defense Secretary Mattis was blunt when he spoke to Congress on Tuesday: "We are not winning in Afghanistan right now."

The pop-up restaurant, to be called The Bunyadi, promises naturally prepared food and natural decor — as well as all-natural patrons. The restaurant opens in June in London.

The North Carolina Senate has big plans for teacher pay. Today Senate Leader Phil Berger laid out an ambitious proposal which would far exceed the roughly…

"It's become clear that I'm not going be carrying the ball, I'm not going to be the president," Inslee said on MSNBC.

Some bittersweet news from the world of K-pop: The seven-member boy band BTS announced that the band is taking a break from releasing music and performing.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration warned Turkey on Wednesday that it is considering punitive "consequences" if the NATO ally does not throw out the…

The 76-year-old priest, who is now a high-ranking Vatican official, served as archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney. He faces multiple accusers who say he molested them decades ago.

Watch the Chicago-based ensemble conjure otherworldly sounds from steel pipes, tuned cowbells and a bowl that sings.

President Trump has instructed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to consider new protections for the domestic auto industry. He's relying on the same authority used to justify steel and aluminum tariffs.

A new report says North Carolina had the fourth highest budget cuts in the country over the last decade when it comes to environmental protection.Between…

Mecklenburg County staff and homeless advocates fanned out across the city Thursday morning to conduct Charlotte’s annual homeless point-in-time count.…

Clay Aiken’s announcement to run in the Democratic primary and to ultimately face U.S. Representative Renee Ellmers in the state’s second congressional…

This is the first time NASA will fly a spacecraft designed for humans since the space shuttle retired in 2011. The pod is similar to what the Apollo astronauts used in the 1960s and '70s.

Alpacas—the smaller, South American cousins of the llama—provide fleece for all kinds of knitted goods. The number of alpacas, and alpaca farms, has…