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Critics worry they could be used as reasons for board members to vote not to certify election results.

The U.S. Department of Education says the proportion of men who are college students is at a record-low of 41 percent.

North Carolina is coming up with a plan to meet stricter federal air quality standards. The new standard for fine particulate matter is 9 micrograms per cubic meter.

Why is the disco era so often dismissed as hedonistic and frivolous, when the genre was embraced by so many?

Catastrophic climate change hits the most vulnerable populations

Thousands of tulip bulbs were planted in a North Carolina community that saw massive devastation from flooding after Hurricane Helene. Now they're blooming as a sign of hope.

At issue was whether planeloads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around.

Winter storm warnings have been declared from Illinois to New Jersey. And some areas will get a lot of snow. They will also get freezing rain and ice, blustery winds and frigid temperatures.

Watch 20 of the year's greatest Tiny Desk performances, featuring a small sample of the talented artists who delivered intimate sets from NPR Music's D.C. offices.

Pennsylvania Republicans had sought to block the counting of late-arriving ballots, which the state's Supreme Court had approved last month.

The North Carolina legislature can decide the details on how federal block grants are spent, even when they run counter to a governor's wishes, the state Supreme Court ruled on Friday.

A 19-year-old man was arrested in Kannapolis when authorities found a van with weapons and explosives parked in a lot outside a bank in May, and has since been accused of making internet searches involving a plan to kill former vice president Joe Biden.

Do you ever hear the news and just want to scream? An elementary school teacher in New York City has made a hotline where tens of thousands of people have called in to vent their feelings.

Several Republican lawmakers, especially moderate ones, praised Biden's inaugural address, which urged members of both parties to come together and work on behalf of the American people.

The House of Representatives, which voted to impeach Trump last week, plans to transmit the article of impeachment on Monday evening.

Nostalgia is the undercurrent of new music released by Bomba Estéreo, Mexican Institute of Sound, Venezonix and Santa Fe Klan.

The piano trio is known to deconstruct standards and assemble its pianist's mixed-media compositions in the same breath. Hear the band, led by its recent MacArthur Genius Grant winner, perform.

The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has spearheaded a novel project designed to help bridge past and present: It commissioned six composers to write companion pieces for Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos.

Some North Carolina farmers say the trade war with China is costing them money, and one said the federal government’s $28 billion bailout hasn’t been…