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The ballots for North Carolina’s upcoming election have had a number of delays as cases on amendments and party affiliation wound their way through the…

How financial bubbles reflect the particular psychology of the times in which they inflate.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with New York University law professor Stephen Gillers about the impartiality of the Supreme Court, and whether nominee Brett Kavanaugh can be seen as objective.

Jury deliberations will go a third day in the rape trial of Kevin Olsen.Before deliberations began this morning, Superior Court Judge Karen Eady-Williams…

Amazon announced on Tuesday that it will raise wages to $15 an hour starting Nov. 1 for some 250,000 regular workers and 100,000 seasonal workers.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to scientist Donna Strickland, who won the Nobel Prize for physics. She is the first woman to do so since 1963.

The political firestorm over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has raised questions about how judicial nominees are evaluated. But could it lead to changes in the process?

Four Californian men were arrested Tuesday and charged with violating the federal riot act and conspiracy for their participation in the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va.

Officer Jason Van Dyke took the stand in his own defense Tuesday. The white officer is on trial for the shooting death of Laquan McDonald, a black teenager. McDonald was shot 16 times.

In Sabrina Vourvoulias' dystopian novel, newly republished, immigrants to the United States must have their status tattooed on their wrists — leading to eroding freedoms and growing horror.

Geologists do not yet know why flames roared 12 feet in the air. They think the hole was dug by an animal. They've ruled out methane or broken utility lines.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed two bills into law Wednesday to provide relief for those impacted by Hurricane Florence.One bill matches $50 million…

Minaj indelibly changed the hip-hop landscape in the past decade. She wanted the throne. Now that she has it, she isn't going to relinquish it to anyone — male or female — gunning for that title.

Casey Gerald survived a rough childhood before finding his way to success — and he's written a stunningly original memoir exposing a life much more compelling than those of many of his counterparts.

Researchers tested what kind of information the animals are able to discern from scent about whether a fruit is ripe. There's evidence that some fruits evolved to better signal ripeness to lemurs.

The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is playing out in Senate races around the country, including Montana, where Republicans hope the issue will help them unseat Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Tester.

After French Open officials banned Serena William's compression catsuit, the tennis champion hit the U.S. Open court in a tutu. Rachel Martin talks to USA Today sportswriter Christine Brennan.

David Byrne, musician and all-around wonder archaeologist, visits the World Cafe Studios in Philadelphia to talk about animals, bicycles, civic obligations and his latest album 'American Utopia.'

The construction of new schools in Matthews, Mint Hill, Huntersville, and Cornelius would effectively stop under a policy the Charlotte-Mecklenburg…

Patrick DeWitt's new novel is a sparkling dark comedy about an Upper East Side society matron and her large adult son (and their cat) who take off for Paris to escape financial and social ruin.