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As an exoneree, Mark Schand did not qualify for job training, tuition help or other re-entry services offered to people on parole. But he did fight for, and receive, monetary compensation.

Justices criticized a state appeals court for using outdated medical standards when it determined that a murderer wasn't intellectually disabled and could therefore be executed.

Gilroy, Calif., is known as the garlic capital of the world. Two Trump administration policies — one on trade, the other on immigration — are affecting the town in starkly different ways.

Terence Blanchard received his first Oscar nomination for the BlacKkKlansman score. The 56-year-old jazz trumpeter from New Orleans has been Spike Lee's right-hand composer since Jungle Fever in 1991.

North Carolina's state board of elections is trying to get to the bottom of what happened in the state's 9th Congressional district last year. The outcome of that race still hasn't been called.

Annie Segarra is a disability rights activist from South Miami-Dade. She uses Instagram , Facebook , Twitter and YouTube to talk about living with...

Comedian Paula Poundstone has become an iconic voice for fans of NPR’s show “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!” Hosted by Peter Sagal, Poundstone is a regular...

Russian lawmakers have passed a bill restricting social media and smartphone use by service members.

Federal investigators have thwarted a potentially massive terrorist attack, after discovering a stockpile of weapons in Maryland. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Washington Post reporter Lynh Bui.

The Democratic majority is likely to approved the resolution and then the law says the Republican-controlled Senate would have to consider the measure too.