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One of this year's MacArthur fellows — the so-called 'genius grant' — the artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is inspired by her family's African roots, her Cuban childhood and modern American life.

A Chinese comedian is investigated and the company that booked him is hit with a steep fine after the government fails to find the humor in a bit that riffed on an army slogan.

Alice Wong's bestselling memoir “Year of the Tiger” documents her life and activism from Indiana to San Francisco.

Some communities established or expanded powers used by civilian commissions designed to ensure police accountability.

NPR's Ari Shaprio speaks with Thaddeus and Natasha Johnson of Georgia State University's Criminal Justice Department on the future of police reform talks after efforts failed in the House last week.

Authorities arrested a suspect, 28-year-old Bryan Christopher Kohberger, on Friday.

For decades, the U.S. medical system has adhered to a legally recognized standard for death, one embraced by most states. Why is a uniform standard for the start of human life proving so elusive?

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Kimberly Mata-Rubio, whose daughter Lexi was killed in the Uvalde shooting, about her campaign for mayor.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed more than a dozen charges against Binance which runs the largest crypto trading site in the world.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Thomas Kellogg, a law professor who specializes in China at Georgetown University, about the country's expanded espionage law.

The Justice Department is asking the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to lift part of an order that bars the government from using classified materials seized from Mar-A-Lago in its investigation.

Guilty or innocent, the drug-corruption trial in New York of high-ranking former Mexican government official, Genaro Garcia Luna, shows the limits of the U.S. to win its decades-long "war on drugs."