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NPR's Michel Martin asks Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut about President Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence.

This is WHQR Presents — where we platform creators and people with interesting perspectives from around the region. Today’s show, recorded to commemorate Wilmington's 1898 coup and massacre, is From a Poet’s Point of View — from Speak Ya Peace NC, a poetry collective and platform that facilitates art and conversations about issues stemming from racism and other forms of oppression and discrimination.

It's an extraordinary move that came as senators were reviewing a "last and final" offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and disrupted travel, just as TSA workers faced another missed paycheck Friday.

People who weren't yet alive in the 1990s and early 2000s are buying up old-school point-and-shoot cameras. For some, it's a trendy retro vibe; for other, a rebellion against the smartphone era.

Baltimore is rethinking what it means to call 911, and who responds. Callers who don't need police will get help finding social services and healthcare before they actually fall into crisis.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with NOTUS reporter Jasmine Wright about the growing lobbying industry to get presidential pardons under the second Trump administration.

The votes have been counted, and the mayoral incumbent in Los Angeles -- Karen Bass -- will face fellow Democrat Nithya Raman. The City Council member speaks with NPR's Ailsa Chang.

A massive heat wave in the Pacific Ocean coupled with a strong El Nino could spell trouble for extreme weather in the U.S. and also elevate sea level rise.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's voice was piped directly into American living rooms during the 1930s and '40s. The NBC microphone he used is on display at the Smithsonian.

More than 1 in 3 World Cup matches face dangerously hot, humid weather. Here's how to protect yourself from heat illness.