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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating the city's first homicide of 2019 after a man was shot and killed in north Charlotte…

Believers point to inventors, such as Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs, and argue that a recession is just the time to invest in innovation. But doubters point out that companies and investors feel the need to play it safe in tough times, tying up cash that funds tinkering.

The deal secures funding for most of the government while giving lawmakers two weeks to negotiate changes to immigration enforcement. It still needs to pass the House, which is in recess until Monday.

Progress Kentucky came under fire in February when it attacked Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell using his wife's race.

The president said the issue "isn't a question of NRA, Republican or Democrat" and indicated he could split from the National Rifle Association.

Former national security adviser John Bolton could provide previously undisclosed information about President Trump's withholding of aid to Ukraine.

The document written by David Barron lays out the legal justification for the overseas targeting of American-born terrorist suspects. Its release could clear Barron's nomination to the federal bench.

District court nominees, though largely uncontroversial, have been drawn into the web of partisan stalling. There are currently 21 federal judicial nominees pending before the Senate. Four are uncontroversial appeals court nominees reported out of committee months ago. Seventeen are district court nominees.

Republicans once moved in lockstep to support government surveillance. The Russia investigation changed that — and Congress is poised to alter the law in response.

Earlier in the day, the president said he expects this year's election results to go to the Supreme Court, defending his push to swiftly replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Democrats and Republicans were split in their public reaction to President Trump's recent remarks.

In an interview with NPR's Weekend Edition,the Democratic senator said the Supreme Court vacancy should be filled by a nominee from the winner of the presidential election.

The president, during an interview with ABC News, called to change the way the controversial Senate filibuster functions.

The Senate has delayed confirming Holder's successor, Loretta Lynch. Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin says Lynch has been "asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar."

Watch the R&B star perform "Breakfast" at her first American appearance in more than three years at NPR Music's SXSW Showcase at Stubb's, then stream the full set. It was well worth the wait.

Vogt's decision to step down follows a recent recall of all 950 Cruise vehicles to update software after one of them dragged a pedestrian to the side of a San Francisco street in early October.

The Norwegian soprano, with plenty of horsepower, unleashes a high C, and much subtle singing, in a thrilling set.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency announced a modified version of the 737 Max will be allowed to fly once again. The Max jetliner was grounded worldwide after two deadly crashes.

When Anders Behring Breivik admitted to killing 77 people in Norway in 2011, he claimed that a children's song was "brainwashing" the country's youth. Here's how 40,000 Norwegians reclaimed it.

Many of the world's best marathoners come from a highland region where they run along mountainous dirt roads at 8,000 feet above sea level. They're competing for Olympic gold, but real gold inspires them, too.