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NPR's Debbie Elliott talks to Chicago Tribune reporter Megan Crepeau about actor Jussie Smollett's courtroom testimony — denying allegations he masterminded a phony hate-crime attack.

In an interview with NPR, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission said he was aiming to unveil tougher rules for a hot investment crazed called SPACs by early next year.

Can a band plagiarize itself? One listener in Canada has implied as much by taking two songs by the band Nickelback and superimposing them over one another to emphasize the similarity.

Drug crimes aren't exclusive to big cities. Laura Sullivan explores their growing impact on small-town America.

In the latest Politically Speaking column, Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving says that with fresh terror warnings and political pressure over the Sept. 11 report, official Washington is staying at work this August.

The crisis in Ukraine is causing more food insecurity for people in Afghanistan, who are already going hungry in a country roiled by conflict, drought, pandemic and a freeze on national assets.

Intimidated by grilling? In this guide, learn the basics from which type of grill to choose, to how to maintain a fire and create different temperature zones, to tips on tools and safety.

A lot of energy and media coverage of the 2020 Democratic field is focused on the far left-wing. But is that where most Democratic voters are? That's a key question for likely contender Joe Biden.

We take a look at Joseph Maguire, acting director of National Intelligence, who is at the center of a controversy that has led House Democrats to open an impeachment inquiry into the president.

Nine British lawmakers are lining up to replace Boris Johnson, just days after his resignation as the leader of Britain's Conservative party.

Possible Turkish naval escorts for grain ships coming from Ukraine and going around the world could be under discussion when Russia's foreign minister visits Turkey.

California's primary is today, and onlookers are paying close attention to the results of the recall of San Francisco's District Attorney Chesa Boudin, in addition to Los Angeles' mayoral race.

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the world raised their hands to heaven and offered prayers of repentance on the sacred hill of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

More than 36,000 people say their employers cheated them out of pay. The state agency tasked with probing their cases is backlogged and underfunded. (Story first aired on ATC on June 21, 2022.)

Federal oil and gas drilling lease sales on public land resumed in June — the first since President Biden took office. His administration had paused quarterly sales because of environmental concerns.

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd, will be sentenced on federal civil rights charges as part of a plea deal and will likely serve addition time behind bars.

A litter of endangered red wolves was recently born in captivity. There are about 250 red wolves in the U.S. and these four were an unexpected surprise because the male was thought too old to breed.

Several remains from the Philadelphia bombing of the MOVE house in 1985 have yet to be released. The bombing left several dead, including children.

Willie Nelson is 74; Ray Price is 81; and Merle Haggard is a mere 70. The three of them have collaborated on a new double-CD, Last of the Breed. But despite the many years that the trio share between them, the music is pretty fresh.

When Greg Smith quit his job at Goldman Sachs, he slammed his former employer in a blistering newspaper essay. People don't often quit with such a public display of vitriol. But when they do, it certainly gets attention.