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An external investigation into the Michigan State Police finds some agency policies and programs are creating racial disparities in traffic stops.

Norman Jewison has died. He directed a number of celebrated classics, including In The Heat Of The Night, Moonstruck and the musical adaptations of Fiddler on the Roof and Jesus Christ Superstar.

As many as 29,000 faculty members of the largest higher education network began striking against the California State University system on Monday. They're demanding a pay increase and other benefits.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, who holds the U.S. record for longest space flight, about his unexpectedly long stay aboard the International Space Station.

Tennessee has seen a high death toll from a week of freezing temperatures and winter storms. And problems persist as things thaw out.

After a failed lethal injection, Alabama is planning to execute a man using nitrogen gas on Thursday. The method has never been used in the U.S.

NPR speaks with the author of the children's book I Want to Be Spaghetti!, Kiera Wright-Ruiz about the melting pot of noodles.

Newly discovered kelp fossils peg their existence to 32 million years ago. These fossils may help explain how the Pacific Ocean's underwater 'forests' came to be.

The U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to grant the Biden administration's request to vacate a lower court's injunction in a case involving razor wire placed along Texas' border with Mexico.

Much of India celebrates as the prime minister consecrates a controversial temple to Lord Ram. Critics say its done with an eye to elections, and there's unease among Muslims.