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Californians overwhelmingly voted yes on Proposition 36 in November of 2024, supporting a ballot measure that many saw as a solution to rising theft and drug crime. Over a year later, counties are grappling with how to pay for growing treatment and incarceration expenses without funding help from the state.

Trump plans to nominate Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve, when Jerome Powell's term expires in May. The president has been pushing the central bank to slash interest rates.

Despite years of budget cuts, Southern Oregon University is warning of a projected cash shortfall that could affect payroll as early as next year.

NPR's Adrian Florido had been buying fruit from the same fruit-cart vendor in his Los Angeles neighborhood for years. On Tuesday, Florido was there when federal immigration agents whisked him away.

So much of the holiday season is about finding a balance between bright lights and dark nights. Sixpence None the Richer's music finds depth in the in-between.

Three citizenship ceremonies NPR attended in the Washington, D.C. area in January were largely celebratory experiences, despite a year of hurdles and changes to the naturalization process.

Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was hospitalized with eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages. Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff doubted that account.

But a leader of the state’s top hospital industry group called the research “disconnected from reality and tone deaf.”

An ICE unit from the US Department of Homeland Security is playing a role providing security at the Winter Games. At past Olympics, their involvement would have been unremarkable. But after the violence in Minneapolis, many Italians protesting in Milan say ICE agents are no longer welcome.

Josephine County’s elected officials met for the first time Thursday to fill two vacancies on a non-functioning board of commissioners.