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EV battery plants are moving into the Southeast, bringing back better jobs than those lost in the textile and furniture industry that's been in decline in the region.

Japanese prosecutors said they will not appeal the acquittal of an 88-year-old former boxer, who was the world's longest-serving inmate sentenced to death until his release in 2014.

Not motivated to get to the gym? NPR’s Michaeleen Doucleff explores how functional exercise, such as gardening or taking care of chickens, racks up steps and squats.

Oscar, Emmy and Tony winning actress Maggie Smith, who played everything from ingenues in Shakespeare to Harry Potter's Prof. McGonagall and the dowager countess in Downton Abbey, has died at 89.

Not motivated to get to the gym? NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff explores how functional exercise, such as gardening or taking care of chickens, racks up steps and squats.

Ring in the new year with celebratory sounds from around the world.

UCLA has one of the most storied programs in college basketball. But for all of its success on the men's side, the women's team has won only one national championship. This year they're undefeated.

If you ask us, Pam Grier, John Goodman, Oscar Isaac and Regina Hall are all long overdue for Oscar nominations. Here's why.

In Lima, a city known for some of the world's wildest traffic, a Peruvian startup is testing driverless cars.

Minutes after a UC regents committee began debating the purchase of additional less-lethal weapons and ammunition on Thursday afternoon, pro-Palestinian students in the UCLA meeting room drowned them out.

Orange Is the New Black's Uzo Aduba says she doesn't believe in destiny. In this week's Wild Card, Aduba opens up about how motherhood shaped her and why she's made peace with mortality.

David Lynch created off-kilter classics such as "Blue Velvet," "Wild at Heart," "Mulholland Drive" and the innovative TV series "Twin Peaks." He was 78.