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The man who leads the criminal division at the Justice Department has a powerful personal story: one of his brothers died in gun violence and another is a police officer.

For years, tourists have peered into multi-million-dollar apartments from the top of London's busiest art gallery. Britain's Supreme Court says that has to change.

The next election battle in politically divided Wisconsin is for control of the state Supreme Court. The pivotal race will determine the fate of an abortion ban and abortion rights in the state.

As we head into caucus season, NPR is diving into some of the biggest issues at play in the 2024 election. Today, we take a look at climate policy.

In 2020, President Biden won Nevada by just under 3%. Organizers in part credit Native Americans for helping to secure that win. But a big challenge now is tying those policies to people.

President Biden and Vice President Harris are heading to Atlanta as pressure grows on police to file hate crime charges in the killings of 6 women of Asian descent.

Charlotte City Council approves a framework for appointing board members to a new transit authority. The number of undocumented immigrants has grown sharply in North Carolina in recent years. Gov. Josh Stein creates a new AI Leadership Council. Fort Mill school test scores top the state charts again.

State legislators are back in session today for their first business since Tropical Storm Helene. At the top of the agenda is a disaster funding bill. Repairs are underway on badly damaged sections of I-40 near the state line with Tennessee, though an interstate travel timeline remains unclear. We fact check a number of social media claims about disaster relief efforts.

Former Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts will not challenge Mayor Vi Lyles in the Democratic primary. New Mecklenburg County Manager Michael Bryant makes changes to his top leadership team. Home prices in Charlotte slide in June. A new study explores how PFAS pollution in water can affect things downstream.

Biden blasted former President Donald Trump in an address from the U.S. Capitol on the anniversary of the insurrection.

Intel has announced the launch of a chip that's made in America. Analysts say the Core Ultra Series Three could help the California-based company regain its dominance in the chip industry.

Dozier died at 81. As part of the songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, he co-wrote dozens of hits, including "Baby Love," "Heat Wave" and "Reflections," helping to define the Motown sound.

The best Olympic images of the day include snapshots from swimming, gymnastics, rowing, judo and cycling competitions.

The House panel has been investigating the Capitol riot and is concluding this work with a final report and various recommendations.

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over almost two decades, according to an independent report.

Melissa DeRosa, secretary to the governor, quit her post a week after a state attorney general report found that Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women.

Scott Simon speaks with director Ruben Ostlund, who has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for the second time with the film "Triangle of Sadness."

As summer ends, it's time for brainy reads you may have missed in hardcover. Wolf Hall, set in the court of Henry VIII, won the 2009 Booker Prize. Former nun Karen Armstrong takes on the atheists in The Case for God. Barbara Ehrenreich pops the bubble of American optimism with her usual wit — and more.

White was preparing to compete in next week's Cyclocross World Championships in Scotland when a driver struck him while he was cycling on the shoulder of a highway in Boulder, Colo.

Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark was a key figure in a recent Senate report for his promises to pursue former President Donald Trump's false election fraud claims.