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Yet again, TikTok may be up for sale. During Trump's first term, resistance from China and company executives complicated any potential acquisition. But that may change in Trump's next term.

Oral arguments were heard Friday in a lawsuit which will determine if the state’s new education tax credit is constitutional. The state argues that for…

City officials estimate that last week’s flooding caused $6.5 million in infrastructure damages. Over the past week, the dollar figure for damage has…

The ritual turning of these dancers has been practised for over seven centuries. The Whirling Dervishes (DARE-vish-ez) are followers of the poet Rumi (ROO-mee), who believed that it is a fundamental condition of our existence to revolve, from the smallest cell to the planets and the farthest stars. Now interest in these spiritual performers is growing, and there are signs that the Turkish government (which has controlled when and where they whirl in public) may be encouraging the dervishes to teach others their art. Jean Battey Lewis visited them on a trip to Turkey. The dervishes are now giving a series of rare performances in the U.S. (9:00) ((ST

NPR's Nina Totenberg previews the arguments in the capital punishment case the US Supreme Court hears today. The Justices will consider whether the double jeopardy clause of the Constitution applies to the penalty phase of a capital trial. In his first trial, the defendant in today's case was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. On appeal, he was re-tried, convicted again, and sentenced to death. His lawyers argue that the ban on double jeopardy should have prevented the second jury from even considering the death penalty.

The Khmer Rouge terrified Cambodia when the group ruled the country in the 1970s. On Thursday, the two most senior surviving leaders of the regime received life sentences for crimes against humanity.

New York healthcare workers must be vaccinated for COVID-19 or lose their jobs. At one rural hospital, opposition to the vaccine is exacerbating an existing labor shortage, forcing cuts to services.

The "elevated Western" Old Henry stars Tim Blake Nelson as a farmer in the Oklahoma Territory whose past comes back to haunt his adversaries.

Credited by a generation of book nerds for shaping their identities on Reading Rainbow, LeVar Burton guest-hosts Jeopardy! this week after a campaign hyped by his large and enthusiastic fandom.