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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to David Nevins about how producer Steven Bochco helped form the structure for many modern TV dramas. Bochco died Sunday at 74. Bochco introduced the private lives of police officers and the telling of multiple stories in each episode.

Jesse Hernandez was with his family for an Easter picnic in Los Angeles' Griffith Park when he fell through a wooden board — and into a drainage pipe. He was swept away, and a frantic search began.

Have you ever noticed that when something important is missing in your life, your brain can only seem to focus on that missing thing? Two researchers have dubbed this phenomenon "scarcity."

Raids on militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir became full gun battles last weekend, leaving at least 20 people dead. Pakistani leaders condemned the violence.

Sinclair owns more TV stations than any other company in the country. Critics say the company favors President Trump and that in exchange, the FCC has eased restrictions on its efforts at expansion.

SAN BRUNO, Calif.— Police in Northern California are responding to reports of a shooting at YouTube headquarters in the city of San Bruno.City Manager…

More than a third of them don't have enough to eat and a similar number lack stable housing, according to a survey published Tuesday by researchers at Temple University and the Wisconsin HOPE Lab.

Conflicting reports have emerged from an Afghan raid on Taliban-controlled territory. The government says it targeted a militant meeting, while many residents say the bombs hit a religious gathering.

Oceanographer Kate Stafford of the University of Washington talks about a new study on the differences between the whale songs of bowhead whales and humpback whales.

Fleetwood Mac's 1977 song "Dreams" is sitting at No. 14 on a top rock chart because of its newfound popularity in Twitter memes.

Teen Anthony Borges was among the most seriously injured after being shot five times. His family is preparing to sue Broward County officials for not doing more "to prevent this tragedy."

What exactly would happen if you didn't pay your taxes? Today on the show, we follow one man who did just that.

Brazilian modernist Clarice Lispector's second novel, written when she was 26, is an essentially story-free story, fragmentary and obsessed with the nature of thought — but it will carry you away.

For decades, the group stood behind legislation that has ended up suppressing such studies through budget cuts and limits on what data can be shared.

While the makers of e-cigarettes tout them as a potentially safer alternative to tobacco products, critics worry the fad may lead to a new generation of nicotine addicts.

With full military honors and an honorary flyover, Thomas Hudner Jr. was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday.

The Charlotte Ballet and Charlotte Symphony join forces this weekend with strong support from kids. The ballet and symphony mined the young talent from…

Five interesting facts about our world that you probably didn't know.

A federal jury has found a former North Carolina minister guilty of failing to pay taxes and assisting in the filing of false tax returns.The U.S.…

North Carolina's farmers are nervous. As an all-out trade war with China looms on the horizon, it's North Carolina's agriculture industry that could...