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The U.S. Forest Service is trying to fast track the rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule, which banned logging and new roadbuilding in 58 million acres of national forests. But it won't be easy.

A hanging death of a student in Mississippi this week fueled online speculations hat is was a lynching. It was officially ruled a suicide Friday.

Bob and Patti Vasconcellos have gone to a local karaoke bar to sing almost every night for decades. Now in their late 70s and early 80s, they hit the floor with their walkers, and the crowd goes wild.

The legendary pitcher will be stepping onto the mound Friday night, but it will be bittersweet for Dodgers fans. After almost two decades, he announced he'll be retiring after this season.

Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan has released a new album for the first time in over a decade. It arrives alongside a new documentary about the Lilith Fair music festival she founded.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with University of Pennsylvania law professor Amanda Shanor about free speech protections in the wake of the killing of Charlie Kirk.

Charlie Kirk's evangelical followers frame him as a martyr for free speech. But they are facing fierce counter-arguments from other Christians, particularly African-Americans.

A motion to have states require a prescription for COVID-19 vaccines failed at a CDC panel meeting Friday. Seniors and adults with underlying conditions can still obtain a vaccine without a prescription at local pharmacies in North Carolina. However, CDC advisers now recommend that individuals talk with a doctor before getting the vaccine – a move that could discourage some from receiving it.

Former state senator Harper Peterson recently founded Heal Our People's Endowment, a nonprofit that's calling on North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein to exercise more oversight and authority over the New Hanover Community Endowment. On this episode, we sit down to talk through his concerns — and what he'd like to see done about them.

It's part of the U.S. Department of Education's crackdown on grants promoting diversity, equity and inclusion.