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Politicians in Great Britain are already studying the results of the U.S. presidential race, hoping for clues that could help them in their next parliamentary elections, due to take place in 2024.

Democrat Cal Cunningham has conceded to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina. Cunningham said in a statement Tuesday that “the voters have spoken” and it was clear Tillis had won.

The sinking of the Titanic, the Depression, World Wars I and II and the civil rights movement, and the moving songs that arise from the sacred music tradition.

North Carolina will remain in Phase 3 of coronavirus restrictions for at least three more weeks as limitations on indoor gatherings will be lowered to 10 from 25 as COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the state, Gov. Roy Cooper said Tuesday.

In Mississippi, voters approved of the new magnolia flag to replace its previous flag that bore the stars and bars of the Confederacy. Mississippi writer Kiese Laymon talks with us about what it means to him to be Black in his home state.

The Big Thief singer and guitarist holed up in the mountains of Western Massachusetts to record not one, but two albums, simply titled songs and instrumentals.

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 election race in Nevada was tighter than anyone expected. Democrats tried to replicate the "Harry Reid machine" elsewhere in the U.S., but some question how well the model will continue to work.

Climate change is one of the top four crises President-elect Biden says he will tackle first. NPR discusses what step he can take if there is no solid Democratic-majority in the Senate.

Georgia's two incumbent Republican U.S. senators are accusing, without evidence, the secretary of state of allowing massive irregularities in last week's election and are calling for his resignation.

NPR's Audie Cornish interviews Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, now also the state's governor-elect, about Utah's state of emergency to address hospital overcrowding caused by the coronavirus.

The 2020 election in North Carolina is nearly over. Election boards are finalizing vote counts, and more than 5.5 million North Carolinians voted this year. One of them was a man in Union County who says he voted twice. The county board of elections is now challenging one of his votes in a rare case of double voting.

She made her way into the record books last week after becoming the first woman to climb the Golden Gate route of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in a little over 21 hours.

A scandal involving appointments to a government advisory committee has the government of new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga off to a rocky start. He took office in September.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Kathleen Sebelius, who helped implement the Affordable Care Act while serving as secretary of Health and Human Services from 2009-2014, about the future of Obamacare.

The Philadelphia business was the location of a bizarre press conference by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani last weekend. The business is cashing in on its newfound fame and has even run out of merch.

For five decades, NorthPoint Health & Wellness Center has confronted the ways disparities can hurt its patients' health. Community leaders say it's a model for cities facing similar struggles.

A study finds that some lenders are overcharging military veterans, raising the cost of their home loans by thousands of dollars. Fair lending watchdogs say people need to shop around and negotiate.

Cain's Jawbone is a murder mystery and its 100 pages are printed out of order. To make sense of the story, the reader must correctly re-arrange the pages. There are 32 million combinations.

Democrat Joe Biden is president-elect, but Republicans made gains down the ballot in the House and outperformed the polls in Senate races.