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The presidential election is over, and the complicated two-month sprint has begun to hand over the levers of power from one administration to the next.

Stocks fell sharply across the globe on Monday, as worries about the U.S. economy triggered a worldwide sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 1,000 points or 2.6%.

A federally funded database helps track long-term, missing-person cases. Yet an NPR investigation finds that even in states legally required to use it, more than 2,000 people haven't been added.

This week's mix of music out today starts with an homage to the home state of country star Miranda Lambert.

On Tuesday, the New Hanover Sheriff’s Office released a Missing Person Checklist, stating that two people were reported missing on Monday.

What mattered, what didn't and what changed in the second week of the Trump administration.

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michelle Steele discuss the record breaking performances of the first week of the Olympics in Paris and look forward to the next week.

Mass graves are being discovered in Syria, testament to the horrors committed under the now ousted leader Bashar al Assad. The story of one man forced to help dig some of those graves.

As the U.S. women's basketball team plays its Olympic opener against Japan, expectations are high. The U.S. has won the last 7 gold medals, and hasn’t lost at the Olympics in most players' lifetimes.

The North Carolina General Assembly voted Tuesday to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of House Bill 10, making it law, with big changes for private school vouchers and immigration enforcement.