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North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen announced Tuesday that she's stepping down after roughly five years.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Xay Khamsyvoravong, the Democratic mayor of Newport, about issues facing his city this election year. He's in Washington for the U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting.

She acted in telenovelas, but also made a name for herself in film and on stage.

President Trump has not accepted the election results, and his administration has not yet authorized Biden and his team to start receiving government resources — including intelligence briefings.

The leaders of Ukraine are gaming out where the war with Russia goes from here. One of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's top advisers at Kyiv's presidential compound weighed in on what Ukraine wants.

Three ex-U.S. intelligence officers recently were convicted or pleaded guilty to spying for China, and the Justice Department brought almost a dozen more cases related to Chinese economic espionage.

We look at the latest demotions of senior attorneys at Trump Justice Department, which has continued to target career prosecutors.

A jury in Washington, D.C., has convicted former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and three others of seditious conspiracy, handing the Justice Department a key victory in its Jan. 6 probe.

This first day of 2015 is a historic day for college football. Playoffs begin, and there are two semi-final games: Oregon plays Florida State and later, Alabama takes on Ohio State.

The caveman way of eating came in near the bottom of a list of 35 diets ranked by medical and nutrition experts. The winners? The Mediterranean-like DASH and the plant-centric Ornish eating plan.

The warning from the Food and Drug Administration is the latest attempt by regulators to crack down on illegal disposable vapes that have poured into U.S. stores in recent years.

Civil rights protesters argue Jena, La., school and law enforcement officials are dealing out harsh justice to the African-American teens for a schoolyard fight while overlooking their white counterparts who hung nooses to intimidate the black teens.

Late Thursday night, the House select committee that has been investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection for 18 months released their long-awaited full report.

Also: Opponents of same sex marriage concede defeat in Washington state; the Church of England selects a new Bishop of Canterbury; and Nestle recalls some Nesquik products.

Also: President Trump changes his mind and won't label China a currency manipulator; a suspect is arrested in the murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent; and Lansing reverses its sanctuary city vote.

Also: An Alabama gunman holes up for a third day with a child he kidnapped; Syria reserves the right to counterattack Israel; France's president will visit Mali; and two Australian DJ's won't face British charges for a radio prank spoofing Queen Elizabeth after which a nurse committed suicide.

Also: The first trial will open against a Baltimore police officer in the Freddie Gray case; Pakistan executes four men for last year's school massacre; and an Okla. officer rescues a small donkey.

Also: Michigan National Guard troops help deliver water in Flint; Belgium finds 3 possible safe houses used by Paris attackers; and the Powerball jackpot is now worth a whopping $1.5 billion.

Also: The House GOP won't meet its deadline to come up with a budget by today; a deadly earthquake hits Japan; and today is the third anniversary of the deadly Boston Marathon bombing.

Hamas says it has chosen its local leader in Gaza to take over as the Palestinian militant group's new top political leader worldwide, following last week's assassination of the previous leader in Iran.