Search results for

The prison population has been creeping back upward. New laws in some states instituting harsher punishments threaten to further fill prisons, many of which are already understaffed and overcrowded.

The New Hanover County Board of Education is holding a special meeting on Monday to discuss alleged policy violations by Republican David Perry. While Perry says he doesn't believe he's broken any policy or law — he believes some of his fellow board members have. WHQR reviewed texts and emails to get a clearer picture of what's going on.

A new book details an alleged cover-up within the White House surrounding the declining health of former President Biden. NPR speaks with the authors, CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson.

A House committee has proposed boosting the budget for the Kennedy Center sixfold. It comes after President Trump said the arts center was in "disrepair."

Paul Rudd stars in the new comedy-horror film Death of a Unicorn as a meek father who hits a unicorn with his car — and soon learns that's a very bad thing to do.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to marketing expert Professor Marcus Collins about how organizations decide whether to speak out on prominent social issues.

All over Ukraine, war has made nighttime darker. Satellite imagery shows a significant dimming of lights since 2022. Darkness has spread indoors too, with power cuts becoming common during the war.

As a new Trump administration signals a retreat on climate action, China is stepping up. China is the biggest producer of climate technologies, and it's making money selling them around the world.

The Trump administration's dramatic staffing cuts at federal lands agencies like the Forest Service are causing anxiety in tinder dry New Mexico, where the wildfire threat is already severe this Spring.

Palestinians say Israeli forces killed scores of people trying to reach food aid in Khan Younis on Tuesday in the deadliest attack of recent weeks on hungry crowds attempting to get food in Gaza.