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How Social Media Helped Spread Protest In Michael Brown Shooting

Colorlines Editor-at-Large Kai Wright and NPR's Scott Simon reflect on the reaction to Michael's Brown's fatal shooting in Ferguson, Mo.

Courtney Lockhart is appealing a death penalty sentence that a judge gave him in 2011, which overrode the jury's recommendation of life in prison.

With Judges Overriding Death Penalty Cases, Alabama Is An Outlier

A jury gave Courtney Lockhart life in prison in 2010, but a judge sentenced him to death instead. Lockhart has appealed to the state Supreme Court, hoping it will reconsider judicial override rules.

The History of Campus Sexual Assault

Sixty years of research on campus rape yields scholarly insight into prevention and accountability.

GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn Reacts To Barr's Testimony

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, about Attorney General William Barr's testimony on special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Rayon Edwards rallies protesters during a march Thursday for Marcellis Stinnette, who was killed by police in Waukegan, Ill.

Protesters in Waukegan, Ill., Call For Federal Probe After Police Kill Black Man

Illinois State Police are investigating the police shooting of Marcellis Stinnette in Waukegan, Ill., north of Chicago. At a rally Thursday, protesters say they want police accountability.

Downed power lines and other damage from Hurricane Zeta are seen in Chalmette, La., on Thursday. Seven hurricanes have hit the Gulf Coast in 2020, bringing extensive destruction to the area.

Zeta Causes 2 Million Power Outages, Speeds Its Way Into Virginia

Most of the power outages are in Georgia, where 677,842 customers lost electricity. But Louisiana, Alabama and North Carolina each saw more than 400,000 accounts go dark.

The pending arrival of vaccines has brought "hope for a brighter future," the OECD says. Here, workers from the Red Cross and the Federal Agency for Technical Relief help set up a center for COVID-19 vaccinations in a gymnasium in Eschwege, Germany.

Rosy Vaccine Outlook Brightens World Economic Forecast, But Recovery May Be Uneven

China is predicted to account for more than a third of global economic growth next year, while the U.S. and European countries will lag behind, according to the OECD.

Smartphone Data: Many Americans Ignored Thanksgiving Travel Warnings From The CDC

NPR analyzed data by SafeGraph to determine the percentage of people who stayed at their "home" location for Thanksgiving as well as the percentage who traveled 31 miles or more.

McKayla Maroney stands on the podium at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She says a team doctor molested her for years, including during the Olympics.

Olympic Gymnast McKayla Maroney Says She Was Molested For Years By Team Doctor

The gold medalist says Dr. Larry Nassar claimed he was giving her "medically necessary treatment." She says the abuse began on a team trip when she was 13 years old.

A woman enters an All American Check Cashing location in Brandon, Miss., in May. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed new rules to crack down on such lenders.

Consumer Watchdog Proposes New Rules On Payday Lenders

Regulations proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would require lenders to determine whether customers can repay within 30 days before issuing a loan.

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