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In Vancouver, the Squamish Nation had a chance to do what many housing advocates dream of, developing a plot of prime urban real estate without zoning constraints. So what did they build? Housing.

Missouri has one of the strictest abortion bans, with no exceptions for rape or incest. Abortion rights advocates aim to get a ballot initiative legalizing the procedure in front of voters this year.

Climate change appears to be making poison ivy thrive, with the plant growing faster, larger and more potent.

The International Court of Justice concluded it is "plausible" that Israel is violating the Genocide Convention in Gaza. But the court did not call for a ceasefire.

With the AFL-CIO convention in the rearview and the UAW convention ahead, the future of union participation in politics is far from settled, especially as membership gets more politically diverse.

A ceremony in uptown Charlotte on Friday marked a Juneteenth celebration with the opening of a newly renovated space aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and creativity.

A new program in Missouri allows people serving time in prison to earn a tattoo license while also reducing the risk of infections and illness from contraband tattoos.

Small bookstores are opening up around the country and finding new ways to bring people in.

Small bookstores are opening up around the country and finding new ways to bring people in.

There are several races in midwestern states where progressive candidates appear to be leading in the Democratic primaries. A debate is raging about electability in the general election this fall.

Elon Musk takes the stand again Wednesday as a witness in his suit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI.

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have decided to return to the United Kingdom for an extended stay starting this fall, but they won't resume their roles as working members of the royal family.

NPR's Michel Martin asks music critic Nate Chinen < > about the legacy of the Grammy-winning jazz artist Cassandra Wilson.

Jurors in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman charged with murdering her three children, are deadlocked after five days of deliberation.

Archaeologists say they've unexpectedly found a huge Stone Age cremation pyre in southern-central Africa. The discovery is helping them understand the history of cremation.

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem, died this week at 92, was influenced by the Civil Rights Movement, and groundwork laid by Black feminists.

The concession has become an unofficial touch point in the process of American elections, especially when one party gives up the presidency, signaling a commitment to the peaceful transfer of power.

Trump joins a subset of former presidents who were denied a second term by the voters. For any public figure, that sort of hired-and-fired rejection might be purgatory. For Trump, it might be worse.

The neighborhood around Kilborne Park in east Charlotte doesn’t look so different than those that surround it. It has a couple of apartment complexes and…

There's a flood of biblical proportions this year in Hollywood: Noah, Exodusand Son of God are all hitting big screens in 2014. What meaning hath this year's spate of Bible-based films?