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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Anand Menon, director of The UK in a Changing Europe, about what factors led to the political crisis British Prime Minister Theresa May and the country are now facing.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with climate scientist Stephanie Herring about why the argument "the climate is always changing" is problematic in explaining the temperature changes around the world today.

"I wanted to understand how such a distressing, degrading and high-risk set of events could have occurred in a 21st Century Australian prison," the head of a prison watchdog said on Wednesday.

Scientists say too often after deadly natural disasters, like the recent wildfires in California, there is a rush to rebuild, but not always smartly.

Amid an investigation into election fraud in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, new evidence reported by WECT shows that possible fraud…

Britain's proposed exit deal with the E.U. includes the end of "free movement." This might mean tighter control of Britain's borders, but it will also limit the ability of British citizens to live and work in 27 European countries.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Jonathan Pershing, former Special Envoy for Climate Change under President Obama, about how the U.S. can advance climate negotiations under President Trump.

There are so many mattress stores in America, and they always seem to be empty. So how can they afford the real estate? And how do they stay in business?

Bennett College in Greensboro is one of only two all-women historically black colleges in the country, but that number could be reduced to one after the…

In the months after Silent Sam, a Confederate monument on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill, was torn down by protesters, the University has been trying to…

Barnie Botone's grandmother cried when he told her he was a locomotive engineer because an ancestor had been forcibly relocated by train. "The irony, it was too much to bear," he says at StoryCorps.

Music and fashion have always been closely connected. Whether an artist chooses a tough-looking shoe or a glittery one is often a reflection of the sound that goes with them.

The UNC Board of Governors declined a proposal to build a $5.3-million education center to house the Confederate monument known as Silent Sam at…

Business is booming for East Coast exterminators as residents are seeing rats in new places. Experts blame human behavior and mild winters.

The network is under fire — again — for its workplace culture and its treatment of female employees. A potential merger could bring more upheaval for the company.

A major climate conference is wrapping up in Poland. Officials are working to create a rulebook for future reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

A rundown of the NPR Music interns' year-end highlights, from Camila Cabello to Juana Molina, Raquel Sofia and Hundred Waters.

A 7-year-old migrant died recently in custody of the U.S. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what this death says about the U.S.

Since the mass shooting at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, Calif., last month, there's been more than 70 events - memorials, vigils and fundraisers — for the families of the victims.

Sure, Shatner knows plenty about "the wrath of Khan" ... but what does he know about the Cannes Film Festival? We'll find out.