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Expelled Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, from left, expelled Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, are recognized by the audience at Fisk University before Vice President Kamala Harris arrives, on Friday in Nashville, Tenn.

Local officials are poised to send expelled Tennessee lawmakers back to state House

Former Reps. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, want to return to the House. Upcoming meetings could give local officials the chance to send them back.

To avoid some of the worst impacts of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be eliminated or offset by midcentury, according to the United Nations. To get there, activist investors say banks and insurance companies need to account for the emissions they contribute to by underwriting and investing in fossil fuel infrastructure like this natural gas plant in California.

Businesses face more and more pressure from investors to act on climate change

At annual meetings this spring, shareholders will be pushing publicly-traded companies for information about how they're contributing to climate change, and what they're doing about the problem.

Heading indoors for entertainment: First Friday Arts for November

Arts and entertainment for November

The good old days: scientist explains what caused ice ages

Ice ages explained

Exchange Exemplar: the best baseball players you never heard of

Obscure baseball teams

Boxes of the drug mifepristone a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, AL.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar calls Texas judge's abortion pill ruling 'shocking'

The future of access to abortion pills is uncertain after two federal judges issued a pair of conflicting rulings on Friday evening.

Officials work at the scene of a derailed freight train with no hazardous materials, Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Ayer, Mass.

Report: Railroads cut costs, prioritize speed and efficiency over safety

ProPublica analyzed 600+ train accident reports from 20 years, raising questions on whether longer trains with fewer crews cause more derailments. Reporter Dan Schwartz discusses the findings on NPR.

Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo on October 7, 2022.

Why it's unlikely ethics rules on Supreme Court gift disclosures will work

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas may not comply with stricter disclosure rules, according to a legal expert who says, "They're the Supreme Court. They do what they want."

The Justice Department is working with the Pentagon to investigate how classified U.S. documents about the war in Ukraine ended up on social media platforms.

How will the Ukraine document investigation work? A former DOJ 'leak czar' explains

Brandon Van Grack, who led the Justice Department's probe into Edward Snowden, says the priority has to be finding the source of the leak and ensuring there aren't any more coming.

Irish artist Pan Cooke combines his love of graphic storytelling with a passion for education and advocacy to create comic strips highlighting prominent cases of police violence. Here, one of his latest strips tells the story of the beating death of Tyre Nichols, who died on Jan. 7 in Memphis, Tenn.

Why a portrait artist from Ireland started making comics about U.S. police brutality

Ireland-based artist Pan Cooke creates cartoons summarizing the world's daily news in comics, highlighting how prevalent police brutality and hate crimes are across the U.S.

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