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Political commentator Gayle Trotter, columnist Steven Petrow and film producer Tammy Garnes take on the controversial repeal of North Carolina's bill, the criticism behind Pence's marriage and more.

Extreme wildfires have destroyed about one-fifth of all giant sequoia trees. To safeguard their future, the National Park Service is planting seedlings that could better survive a hotter climate.

The decision by United Methodists to reaffirm a traditional stand on homosexuality and marriage leaves the church's future unclear.

The make up of Brazil's new legislative body will have a big impact on the world because of a surge in the so-called ruralist bloc and their track record on environmental protections in the Amazon.

The court decided four cases Monday, and three defied the usual ideological fissures.

Special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report to Attorney General William Barr on Friday, marking the end of his investigation.

Luther Strange will go from being Alabama's attorney general to being the state's junior senator — ending his role investigating a sex scandal involving the governor.

It was a passing encounter on her government plane, but the whiff of impropriety while the Justice Department investigates Hillary Clinton's private email server could set Republicans howling.

Chief Justice Roberts kept a firm grip on the court. He assigned himself four of the seven most important opinions, including affirmative action, and he won some more nuanced outcomes.

The pandemic has reshaped social routines. Lots of people are worried about returning to a pre-coronavirus world of water-cooler talk and packed social schedules.

State and federal officials say a suspect was taken into custody on Thursday night in connection with Wednesday's fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus.

The Taliban threatened the Yousafzai family in northern Pakistan for years because they were outspoken in supporting girls' education. NPR reporter Philip Reeves recounts his previous meetings with the family patriarch, whose daughter, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai, is now fighting for her life.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Google's Sundar Pichai go before the Senate Commerce Committee to defend Section 230, a law that protects them from lawsuits over users' posts.

This was a tumultuous year for the U.S. Supreme Court because of the unexpected death of justice Antonin Scalia. In 2017, a new president will likely mean the court will finally get a new justice.

Judge Brenda Penny signed an order denying Spears' request to have her father, Jamie Spears, removed from control of her conservatorship.

As the debate over cancel culture grows, NPR's Ari Shapiro takes a look back at a similar phenomenon in the early 1990s: the moral panic over political correctness.

After 12 years in power, how can a political party that presides over a strong economy lose a national election? CBC political satirist Rick Mercer discusses the follies of the campaign that led to Monday's vote in Canada. Mercer says scandal and a botched election campaign have provided lots of material for his trade.

Statements from President-elect Donald Trump raise questions about the incoming administration, big issues before the Supreme Court and progress toward nominating a ninth Supreme Court justice.

Save the Redwoods League purchased and donated the 523-acre area to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wildnerness Council, a group of 10 tribes that have been connected to the land for thousands of years.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson and Washington Post politics reporter Amber Phillips about the overturning of Roe and developments on gun laws.