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A prominent Russian gay rights activist was found killed last weekend. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Moscow-based reporter Anna Nemtsova about the case and its effect on the Russian LGBTQ community.

A new poll in South Korea shows more than 60 percent of respondents think the chances of denuclearization are better after the Trump-Kim meeting at the DMZ on Sunday.

Nearly 100 people have applied for financial help from the U.S. Small Business Administration after severe flooding hit areas near the Catawba River last…

On Friday, a Wake County Superior Court Judge ruled two of North Carolina’s recent constitutional amendments - lowering the cap on the income tax rate,…

Denny Hamlin of Joe Gibbs Racing in Huntersville survived several crashes late in the race to win yesterday's NASCAR Daytona 500 in Florida. One of those…

Two new amendments to the North Carolina are unconstitutional, a Wake County Superior Court Judge ruled Friday afternoon.Judge Bryan Collins struck down…

The NASCAR Hall of Fame is holding its induction day today, following the announcement yesterday evening that Jeff Gordon, Roger Penske, Davey Allison,…

Prasenjeet Yadav wants his photos to make people care about the environment — whether it's grasslands vanishing in southwest India or windmills taking over a lizard's habitat.

A new smartphone app will make it easy for you to detect a water leak, spot animals while hunting and more. But the new technology raises a question that the Supreme Court thought it had settled.

After seven years, Greensburg is stuck at half its pre-tornado population, and has few prospects for growth. Some blame trends decimating many farm towns — others point to the new green initiative.

The titan arum blooms again, this time at the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C. Eager flower-watchers lined up to experience the plant's distinctive rotting-corpse-like odor.

Next weekend, Los Angeles will host a massive festival dedicated to alternative comedy, featuring acts Eric Idle of Monty Python, Sarah Silverman, Adam Sandler and dozens of others. Host Arun Rath speaks with the organizers (as well as one of the marquee acts): Jack Black and Kyle Gass, better known as the outrageous acoustic-metal band Tenacious D.

Just getting back to the World Series would have been exciting enough for Bostonians, but in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, the Red Sox's success brings a new rallying point for a wounded city. Still, there's always the danger of trivializing tragedy.

In the Carolinas, about 2,200 people have signed up for health insurance through the new federal marketplace, or exchange. That's according to federal…

After weeks of mounting calls to help Americans whose health plans were getting canceled, President Obama announced a fix on Thursday. People can retain their health coverage for a year, even if they've received cancellation notices. On Friday, members of the House are scheduled to vote on a bill that would allow people with individual plans to keep them for 2014.

About Time is the most manipulative story of a man taking advantage of his gifts to trick a woman into falling in love with him that critic Chris Klimek has ever loved.

Brooklyn writer Kyle Ayers says he was on his apartment rooftop when he witnessed a breakup. So he decided to tweet what the man and woman were saying.

At a concert staging, Smash die-hards get a look at what the show's second-season rock musical was meant to be like.

Meanwhile talks with the European Union over a trade deal seemed to sour further. An EU official said Ukraine's "arguments have no grounds in reality."

The young ruler of North Korea stunned the world when he ordered his uncle executed. Now, observers are reading the tea leaves for a sign of what's to come.