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We can’t let it go. Why, despite all the dashcam video, do police who kill civilians keep walking out of the courtroom free men?

Two Olympic federations for surfing and canoeing are arguing over which of them gets to claim stand-up paddle boarding — the next Olympic candidate. The Court of Arbitration for Sport will decide who can adopt the popular water sport.

The French chef renounced his much-coveted Michelin stars to forge his own way. "I want to do something different that will be three-star in my heart," he told The Guardian.

There's a new island off the coast of North Carolina. Dave Hallac, Superintendent of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, tells NPR's Robert Siegel about it.

Michael Bond, creator of the beloved Paddington Bear books, died Tuesday at 91. The classic children's book character is a scruffy little bear prone to accidents, but he means well.

While the Charlotte Citizens' Review Board made a powerful statement by deciding to probe deeper into the Keith Scott shooting, the board’s power is…

A longtime Mecklenburg County Republican judge has switched parties, saying the GOP’s ongoing legislative “assault” on a nonpartisan judiciary has given…

The charges against the agent were brought amid lingering animosity over the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to protest restrictions on use of federal lands.

Ahead of the July 4th weekend, the Seattle-based librarian shares a stack of eight recent favorites. She includes thrillers, mysteries, family sagas and an homage to the game rock, paper, scissors.

European cybersecurity experts have been meeting in Brussels to discuss ways to combat recent attacks, including Tuesday's malware infection of thousands of business computers.

The U.K. band uses interviews, newsreels, propaganda films and its own stormy instrumental music to craft a fun-but-powerful statement about industry and automation.

The band surprised fans by making Nothing Is Quick In The Desertavailable for free download via Bandcamp, until July 4.

Legislation designed to encourage more solar energy in North Carolina is in jeopardy after the state House and Senate passed different versions of the…

Four years ago, a Scottish teenager set out to do the impossible: cordon off a space for measured, civil conversation between people who believe different things — on the Internet! Now there are over 300,000 members of the Change My View subreddit. The founder talks about the surprising rules he had to implement in order to make the space work, and a researcher tells us who discovered a kind of agree-to-disagree inflection point by studying the group.

Last August, hacking tools were stolen from the National Security Agency. Now, those tools are being used in a number of cyber attacks around the world, and there's mounting pressure on the NSA to do something. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Nicole Perlroth, who has been covering this for The New York Times.

There's a good chance North Carolina will soon allow the sale of alcohol before noon on Sundays. Governor Roy Cooper is expected to sign what's called the…

Founded in 1957 after the first big oil discovery in Alaska, a lot has changed since the club's inception.

Who owns gay pride? The parade routes are crowded now. Who owns gay identity?

The device can tell whether a driver clicked, swiped or tapped their phone in the run-up to a crash.

Cybersecurity experts and intelligence agencies say the ransomware attack bears similarities to past attacks carried out by North Korea.