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Two dozen luminaries — from Terry Gross to Mel Brooks, Morgan Freeman to Louise Glück — got laurels Thursday, as President Obama awarded the National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals.

KPBS spoke with Lori Ajax, chief of the California Bureau of Cannabis Control, on the first seven months of legal recreational marijuana sales. She says her agency has been busy issuing licenses, investigating complaints and coming up with new regulations for the industry.

The news could put in jeopardy plans by Sinclair — already the nation's largest TV station owner — to grow even bigger.

The San Diego Chargers have hired Tom Telesco from the Indianapolis Colts to replace fired general manager A.J. Smith.

It's Independence Day. That means it's time to hear NPR hosts and reporters read the Declaration of Independence. Follow along here.

It's Independence Day. That means it's time to hear NPR hosts and reporters read the the Declaration of Independence. Follow along here.

The country allowed women to drive for the first time on Sunday, ending its widely criticized ban on women drivers.

A judge gave his blessing to AT&T's drive to take over the Time Warner media conglomerate. He rejected the Justice Department's arguments that the combined company would be too powerful.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai succeeded in repealing the 2015 rules for internet service providers. But some states have already acted to keep net neutrality alive on their turf.

Novelist Richard Mason explores belle epoque pleasures, biographer Jean Baker champions sex educator Margaret Sanger, journalist A.J. Jacobs gets healthy, comedian Bill Cosby outsmarts his grandkids, and writer Geoff Dyer takes on filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky.