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Tina Dietz spent her childhood in a troubled home. Her great-aunt Shirley changed her life and provided solace through love and validation.

In many states, convicted criminals are being housed in private prisons. New research finds that when a private prison opens, the length of criminal sentences modestly increases.

Starting Friday, Pennsylvania will be the first state to automatically seal records for non-convictions, summary offenses and most nonviolent misdemeanor convictions.

In challenging North Carolina’s congressional map, Common Cause and the League of Women Voters pinned their hopes on what North Carolina state Rep. David…

Updated 2:42 p.m.North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed the state budget approved Thursday by the Republican-controlled General Assembly. Speaking to…

State transportation officials hope express toll lanes will help ease congestion on a section of Interstate 485 in southern Mecklenburg County. The state…

Fifty Shades of Grey is based in Seattle, so this game provides more risqué descriptions of other famous films and television shows that are set in and around the city.

Comedian and host of Nailed It!, Nicole Byer reflects on how she went from waiting tables to performing stand-up, and why celebrating failure is important. Then she joins in another round of Fact Bag!

The bust "resulted in the largest weapons seizure in Argentine history," a U.S. federal official said. A married couple in their 60s who lived in Broward County, Fla., have been arrested.

The sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese trawler has led to outcry in the Philippines and raised alarm over whether China is ramping up claims to disputed waters.

A poem on the page has its appeal — but poetry spoken aloud is a more intimate experience. And a new crop of podcasts are expanding poetry, giving context to poems and drawing in new audiences.

At StoryCorps, gay veteran Sean Sala remembers forming the first-ever Pride march with an active duty military contingent, in the final days of the policy that barred openly LGBTQ people from serving.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Skinny Latte, Simulated Simba and Creamed Steroid.

The killing of a prominent German politician and the arrest of his confessed killer, who has links to a far-right network, has raised fears of far-right terrorism in Germany.

France has been blazing this week. It recorded its highest temperature ever on Friday, 113 degrees. But temperature records have been rising all over the country, including in Deauville, Normandy.

There are human cancer genes in plants. Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee are studying what they and other human genes are doing there.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with Ben Huddle of Salem, Va.

A mining company is seeking permission to expand its operations at the Haile Gold Mine in Lancaster County, South Carolina. Australia-based OceanaGold…

Nikki Howard and Jaqi Wright, founders and owners of The Furlough Cheesecake, launched their business during the government shutdown. Now their cheesecakes will be sold at Walmart.

Pop TV picked up the sitcom One Day at a Timefor a fourth season after it was canceled by Netflix. The series' showrunner, Gloria Calderon Kellett, spoke with NPR about what fans can expect next.