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A year ago, two murderers escaped from a maximum security prison in New York. Today, questions about the troubled prison system remain, with accusations of mismanagement and violence by prison guards.

The demonstrations will last 17 minutes to honor the 17 killed last month. "If the government wants to keep getting paid, they need to listen to what we say," a Boise, Idaho, student said.

The new tests produce results completely at home within 15 minutes. Experts say they could be a 'game-changer' in helping people find out quickly if they need to isolate.

Ohio’s secretary of state called on his multi-millionaire opponents for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate to each kick in $1 million for the pro-Issue 1 campaign.

The Hall of Fame basketball coach, who died in August, leaves us with the private thoughts of a public man, one who both raged against racial injustice and embraced chances to make things better.

Filmmaker Raoul Peck's latest documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, is based an unpublished book by James Baldwin, about the lives and deaths of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denied allegations of sexual misconduct against him. "I'm not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process," Kavanaugh said in a TV interview.

We talk with Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D-MN) about the issues facing tribal citizens around the country.

The state has spent the past year reviewing and approving applications for sports betting licenses.

NPR's Michel Martin shares her thoughts on coping with the grief people are feeling over their losses big and small because of the coronavirus.