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The death of Breonna Taylor energized a nationwide movement to restrict "no-knock" police raids, but activists want tightened rules for other kinds of forced-entry search warrants.

Bisa French is Richmond, CA's new police chief. She's the first woman and woman of color to lead the force in its history. Activists are cautiously optimistic she can foster real change.

NPR looks at what is causing Missouri to have one of the slowest rates of administering COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., from a lack of government transparency to a decentralized distribution system.

Many people don't realize it's a set of standards, not a curriculum. NPR's Eric Westervelt talks with education reporter Cory Turner about other misconceptions about the Common Core standards.

North Carolina Republicans have elected their first black state party chair. Hasan Harnett of Harrisburg, in Cabarrus County, won Saturday’s vote in an…

The latest public school teacher pay rankings show North Carolina still below the national average, but making improvement after raises were approved last…

Saturday is Kentucky Derby Day, and pre-eminent horse racing photographer Barbara Livingston tells NPR's Scott Simon how she captures the fast action of 20 horses running at the pace of a stampede.

The CMS board is looking at how to re-draw boundary lines for schools. It’s clear magnets and creating more diversity in schools will have a higher…

Elections specialists worry that politicians' scurrilous claims about voter fraud — when it seldom has a decisive effect on outcomes — erode confidence in democracy.

Whether the senator can still keep that electoral insurance policy rests in the hands of Kentucky Republicans this weekend. Kentucky law prohibits it, but his backers are trying to change that.

As anxious and dispirited voters trudge to the polls, we look at what they're thinking about on Election Day.

It's now a star-studded video from the U.N.'s Project Everyone, and it's going viral. We ask some globally-minded girls: Does it do a good job promoting gender equality?

A last-minute win over Notre Dame keeps the University of Southern California's long unbeaten streak alive. The wild ending was just one of several in a big week of college football. John Feinstein and Steve Inskeep discuss the developments.

Parents of young children in rural communities are facing tough choices between child care and their jobs — and in some cases, their homes.

A man confessed to killing four people, including his parents, and then firing on motorists on a busy interstate highway, just days after being released from prison, police said.

The Boy Scouts of America has decided to allow openly gay Scouts to join the organization but not gay Scout leaders. Sixty-one percent of the National Council members who cast ballots supported the controversial proposal.

Thousands of people are gathering for the March on Washington 2020, which is being led by families of Black people killed by police officers. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to WAMU's Jenny Gathright.

The NFL commissioner's comments come in an interview with ESPN. In recent days the commissioner has apologized for the league "not listening to NFL players earlier" on issues of racial injustice.

NPR's Noel King speaks with civil rights lawyer Ben Crump, who sits on the legal team of Breonna Taylor's family.

http://66.225.205.104/JR20120314.mp3The Charlotte Knights are making their formal pitch this week for city funding to help build a new stadium in uptown…