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A car crash killed six young people, including a 1-year-old infant, after they were ejected from their vehicle early Sunday on a freeway in middle Tennessee, authorities said.

A Pew Research Center survey shows that 63 percent of Republicans under the age of 34 favor legalization.

The White House COVID-19 Response Team said Friday that while this week's storm affected deliveries to all 50 states, it is confident it can make up the backlog within the next week.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds the majority of Americans oppose the president's national emergency declaration, don't believe there is an emergency and believe Trump's misusing his power.

While Susan Straight reflects on far more than her own upbringing in her memoir, she brings her trademark lyricism and a significant dose of humility to these pieces of the book.

Competition was fierce at the Rubik's Cube world championship in Brazil. There was a 4-year-old and a category for those who do it with their feet. The overall winner needed less than 6 seconds.

Scott Simon talks with Capitol police officer Harry Dunn about some of the revelations coming out of the Congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

This will be the sixth hearing for the Democratic-led committee, which has spent the last few weeks building a case around former President Donald Trump and his influence on the Jan. 6 insurrection.

You may have heard kids say "six, seven". We unpack what's behind the latest slang making waves in playgrounds and online.

Across the world, authoritarianism is on the rise and democracy appears under threat. Dr. Martin Shuster, Professor of Philosophy and the Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, will lead a discussion around Hannah Arendt’s 1951 book, The Origins of Totalitarianism. The event also marks the acquisition by J. Murrey Atkins Library of a rare first edition of the book, which features an entirely different conclusion than the one found in contemporary copies (a feature Shuster will discuss). Charlotte’s Philosophy and Critical Theory Lab will be on-site for this event.┃library.charlotte.edu
Thursday, Oct. 24; 6 p.m.; J. Murrey Atkins Library, Halton Reading Room; A reception follows, doors open for refreshments at 5:30.

Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScFGn90YewUd6iWVXOZa_GT37V8kmLsr2WH65EQhkVzuz0Gxw/viewform

Travel back in time to explore the COOL science of the Ice Age! Scratch into ice cores, meet mammals from the past, and have fun with prehistoric crafts and hands-on activities. You can even take a photo with The Schiele's giant mastodon!

$6 museum members / $13 general public

Ticket includes admission to the museum, The Farm, and all event activities.

Reporter Luke Broadwater says the committee hired a former news producer to hit Trump where it hurt: "His whole career was built on television, and they were able to use that very medium against him."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Democrat of California, about this week's Jan. 6 hearing. It's the committee's first since July.

A House panel investigating the attack on the Capitol holds its ninth public hearing, potentially the final one ahead of the release of its wrap-up report.

"For most people, Jan. 6 happened for a few hours," U.S. Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell said in the select committee hearing. "But for those of us who were in the thick of it, it has not ended."

In Rep. Abigail Spanberger's competitive 7th Congressional District, some voters are more concerned with economic issues than the ongoing Jan. 6 hearings at the U.S. Capitol.

The U.S. has now placed 13 nations under varying travel bans. The new policy restricts immigrant visas for citizens of Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, Eritrea, Myanmar, and Kyrgyzstan.

The brands of cinnamon are typically sold at discount retailers, such as Save a Lot, Family Dollar and Dollar Tree. The alert follows the recalls of 3 brands of cinnamon-flavored applesauce pouches.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban in a unanimous ruling against Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights activists. The plaintiffs had argued the law’s language banning abortions once cardiac activity is detected in a fetus could be construed to give women nine weeks to obtain an abortion. But justices were not swayed, finding it was the intent of lawmakers to ban most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. Governor Henry McMaster is praising Wednesday's ruling as a “clear and decisive victory.”

The U.N.'s Matthias Schmale reflects on his time as a leading international aid rep in Gaza. He departed UNRWA this week after offending Palestinians with his remarks on Israeli airstrikes.