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Republican presidential candidates (from left) former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy participate in the NewsNation Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the University of Alabama on Dec. 6 in Tuscaloosa.

Poll: Where Republican candidates align with most Americans — and where they don't

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll tested policy positions on some of the most hot-button political issues facing the country — from abortion rights and gender identity, to immigration and spending.

In this Jan. 16, 2019, file photo, Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV is displayed in Detroit

Cruise, GM's robo-taxi service, suspends all driverless operations nationwide

U.S. regulators have been investigating Cruise’s operations after receiving incident reports that suggested risks to pedestrian and passenger safety.

Intermountain Residential in Helena, Montana, is one a handful of programs in the U.S. providing long-term behavioral health treatment for kids younger than 10. Administrators recently announced that staffing shortages are forcing them to downsize from 32 beds to 8, and the facility might have to close entirely.

For kids in crisis, it's getting harder to find long-term residential treatment

A Montana treatment center is one of two places in the U.S. offering long-term residential behavioral treatment for kids as young as 4. Now, administrators say it might have to close.

The U.S. Supreme Court has about four weeks left to release opinions for more than two dozen cases it heard this term.

Here are the major Supreme Court decisions decided this term

The U.S. Supreme Court has wrapped up its term and begun to agree to cases it will hear in its next one, to begin in the fall. Here are the major Supreme Court decisions decided this term.

People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in June.

Can we make college campuses safer? Expert advice after recent shootings

The Jacksonville gunman drove to a university before opening fire at a nearby store. Days later, UNC Chapel Hill went on lockdown as a faculty member was shot. A campus security expert offers advice.

Horseshoe crabs are bled at a facility in Charleston, S.C., in June 2014.

Coastal biomedical labs are bleeding more horseshoe crabs with little accountability

Horseshoe crab blood is used to test vaccines around the world. But while Europe has approved a synthetic alternative, biomedical labs are bleeding more crabs from the Atlantic coast.

Martha Durr, seen at her home in Lincoln, Nebraska, left her job earlier this month as the state's principal communicator of climate information. "It gets draining over time," she said.

Weather experts in Midwest say climate change reporting brings burnout and threats

Talking about climate change can be a tough job, especially in places where audiences may be less likely to accept the science. Strong resistance has pushed some meteorologists out of the field.

Republican presidential candidates, from left, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. and former Vice President Mike Pence, stand at their podiums during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX Business Network and Univision on Wednesday.

8 moments that stood out from the second GOP 2024 presidential debate

The Republican Party held its second debate of the 2024 campaign on Wednesday night in California. Here are some of the night's more memorable moments.

Kinsley White, 6, shows reporters her wound on Thursday in Gastonia, N.C.

The N.C. man accused of shooting a 6-year-old and her parents was arrested in Florida

Authorities say Robert Singletary turned himself in to the sheriff's office in Tampa on Thursday, two days and some 600 miles away from the shooting. One victim is still in the hospital.

A woman passes by a mural of the rapper Biggie Smalls on a wall in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.

As hip-hop turns 50, Biggie Smalls' legacy reminds us of what the genre has survived

Author Justin Tinsley discusses the life and legacy of the Notorious B.I.G., who was killed in 1997: "You can't talk about the story of hip-hop without mentioning the name Biggie Smalls."

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