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Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearing begins today. Trump continues campaigning after his coronavirus diagnosis. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff talks about the election.

A tiger currently in the care of the French Biodiversity Office has a surprising origin story. In 2018, a French couple bought it when they thought it was a kitten.

Plaques anonymously placed on park benches in Calgary were removed by the city. But after public outcry, the plaques with fake fun facts are being returned.

Serialreporter Chana Joffe-Walt says progressive white parents may say they want their kids to go to diverse schools — but the reality tells a different story. Her new podcast is Nice White Parents.

The Iowa Republican accuses opponents of Amy Coney Barrett's nomination of undermining the judge with attacks on her faith and role as a mother. But Democrats focus on health care, not religion.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who previously considered such claims free speech, said his thinking has "evolved." Survivors had lobbied the social network to remove posts that deny the Holocaust.

Who were the men who made this plan? And what were they trying to achieve?

The Harris County election administrator can't send out mail-in ballot applications. Why not?

They're a favorite scapegoat of the Trump administration. But what do anarchists actually believe?

Japanese fashion designer Kenzo Takada died of COVID-19 in Paris at age 81. His signature bold prints introduced Japanese design to the fashion world.

The Senate Judiciary Committee's ranking member is trying to pin down Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on policy and legal questions — and she is trying to avoid committing to nearly anything.

GOP members on the Senate Judiciary Committee decry what they call inappropriate questioning about Amy Coney Barrett's Catholic faith and call it un-American persecution of her religion.

The move by Eli Lilly came less than 24 hours after Johnson & Johnson paused further dosing in all of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials while it investigated a volunteer's illness.

Mountains on Pluto look strikingly similar to white-capped peaks on Earth, but these cold, alien mountains got whitened in a completely different way.

In a sign of Charlotte's growing diversity and the upheaval created by the pandemic, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has more Hispanic than white students for the first time.

President Trump has resumed public appearances as Senate confirmation hearings for his Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, are scheduled to begin.

The Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett begins Monday. Republicans are trying to confirm Barrett in the few weeks before Election Day.

Charlotte officials have again rejected funding to redevelop the run-down Brookhill Village apartment complex off South Tryon Street. The project's developer warns time is running out to redevelop the 70-year-old apartments with affordable housing.

It's the first confirmed case of coronavirus reinfection in the U.S. The case underscores that everyone should be social distancing and wearing masks, including COVID-19 survivors.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Gregg Nunziata, former nominations counsel for the Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, about Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation hearing.