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A court found a police volunteer guilty of the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor, a crime that sparked protests and hospital strikes amid concerns over lack of safety for women.

Part of a growing number of Black artists being embraced by the Nashville country-music machine, The War and Treaty is the husband-and-wife duo of Michael and Tanya Trotter. Their new album, Plus One, infuses country with gospel, bluegrass, rock and whatever else inspires them.

Scott Simon speaks with Richard Gere about acting in "Oh, Canada," the latest film from Paul Schrader, with whom he last worked more than forty years ago on "American Gigolo."

In the new season of The White Lotus, Rothwell reprises her role of spa manager Belinda, a woman "on the precipice of change" as she straddles the line between guest and staffer.

Lawsuits filed by 14 attorneys general argue that TikTok knowingly exacerbates the youth mental health crisis and places profits over child safety.

Congress created several organizations in 1980s to strengthen democratic institutions worldwide. Human rights activists say the freeze is a gift to authoritarians like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin.

In Michigan, lawmakers aren't subject to open records laws. An effort to open the government to freedom of information requests appears to be failing again.

Voters will decide on a slew of criminal justice ballot measures this election. Legalizing some drugs, increasing penalties for others and boosting police pay are among the proposed changes.

Neuroscientist Kamilla Souza is bringing the study of whale and dolphin brains to her home country of Brazil. Now there's a team of Brazilian scientists intent on understanding the marine mammals.

A criminal complaint alleges that guards pepper-sprayed Othel Moore Jr., placed a mask over his face and left him in a position that caused him to suffocate.

A police officer defended the Capitol from violent rioters on Jan. 6. With President-elect Donald Trump poised to pardon the rioters, he now asks, "what did I risk my life for?"

NPR's Scott Simon talks to law professor Ilya Somin of George Mason University about the Laken Riley Act, a bipartisan bill in Congress that aims to expand the detention of undocumented immigrants.