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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper requests $25.57 billion in federal aid for Hurricane Helene recovery, criticizing the Republican-led state legislature’s relief efforts as inadequate and calling Senate Bill 382 a “disaster bill.”

The new map shifts eastern North Carolina counties between the state's 1st and 3rd Districts to give Republicans a clear advantage in both.

The Bollywood legend was one of the world's most recorded artists — who, by her own reckoning, made more than 12,000 songs.

A makeshift memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has grown since the murder last week of 19 children and two teachers. This week, mourners can walk up to the growing remembrance site.

A state House committee voted Tuesday to close an affordable housing tax loophole that’s causing major budget problems for urban counties.

The Ebola outbreak is taking place in a region that has been through decades of deadly conflict. That's affecting how responders are doing their work, from testing to treating patients.

Early Saturday morning, Senate Republicans passed a major tax overhaul bill. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Representative Tom Cole (R-Okla.) about what's shaping up to be the GOP's biggest legislative win this year.

In the 20 years since the terror attacks of 9/11, movies have both been shaped by — and have shaped — the public's perception of that day's events.

An ugly battle is being waged over Saule Omarova, President Biden's nominee to oversee most of the money held by banks. Her confirmation hearing is on Thursday.

North Carolina had planned on joining a multi-state compact created to keep voter rolls clean. But now, Republicans in the state legislature want to reverse course.

Once upon a time, Republicans spoke of free trade in glowing terms. With his constant threats of tariffs and a history of implementing them, President-elect Donald Trump has flipped that on its head.

The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act would ban large investors from buying up single-family homes.

The two companies producing COVID-19 vaccines for use in the United States will have to raise production to meet contractual goals of 100 million doses each by the end of March.

The legendary opera diva is on tour, as a hologram, with a live orchestra. But behind the dramatic music, truth and fiction are blurred.

McAvoy plays a sketchy art auctioneer in Danny Boyle's new heist thriller, Trance. He almost didn't take the part because he didn't want to play the role of a victim. Then he took a closer look and found something that made him "hungry."

Instead of viewing laziness as something we need to fix or overcome with caffeine or longer work hours, social psychologist Devon Price says to think of laziness as a sign you probably need a break.

Researcher Jeffrey Sachs says that U.S. teachers are being censored for broaching certain topics. One group in New Hampshire is offering a $500 bounty for teachers who discuss critical race theory.

New York is the latest, and largest, state to consider charging product-makers to dispose of their packaging. But lawmakers are clashing over how much to involve industry in creating a new system.

At modern auto plants, some tasks, like welding together a car's body, are entirely automated. But other essential jobs, including major portions of final assembly, are still best left to people.

Ford Motor Company announced today that it would partner with GE Health and 3M to manufacture medical supplies like masks, respirators and ventilators. CEO Jim Hackett speaks with NPR's Ailsa Chang.