Seeing someone close to you experience racial discrimination may have more of an effect on health than experiencing that discrimination yourself, a study finds.
Those charged include two former Flint emergency managers, and they face felony charges of false pretenses, misconduct in office, and a misdemeanor charge of willful neglect of duty in office.
Two celebrities had an email exchange about race that seemed polite but was loaded with subtext. When the exchange became public, the conversation about who was wrong looked frustratingly familiar.
Every Dec. 21, the longest night of the year, vigils are held in many cities for the homeless who have died there. Life expectancy is at least 12 years shorter than for those who are not homeless.
Moshow goes by the name "The Cat Rapper," and he owns not one but four cats. Recently, he even made a video with the Humane Society called "Adopt A Cat."
Lawmakers go into special session on Wednesday to consider repealing the state's controversial HB2 law, which reduces civil rights protections for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people.
New York City is about to reach a milestone in drug overdoses. By the end of 2016, it's expected that more than 1,000 people will have died of overdoses. One reason for the spike: the drug fentanyl.
New York City wants to erase the personal information of people who've received municipal IDs — including, potentially, thousands of undocumented immigrants. State lawmakers are trying to stop them.
"These actions, and Canada's parallel actions, protect a sensitive and unique ecosystem that is unlike any other region on earth," the White House said in a statement.
Six months after the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., NPR's Ari Shapiro checks back in with Billy Manes, editor of the city's LGBT newspaper, Watermark.