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Standing in front of the North Carolina Supreme Court in Raleigh on Jan. 14, Ted Corcoran reads a list of over 60,000 people who cast ballots in the November 2024 election but whose votes have been challenged by Republican court candidate Jefferson Griffin in his extremely close race with Democratic Justice Allison Riggs.

A Republican court candidate in North Carolina wants to toss out thousands of votes

More than 80 days after Election Day, a race for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court remains unresolved. That's because the Republican candidate is contesting some 65,000 ballots.

Nevada Republican Party Chair Michael McDonald, one of the 2024 presidential electors facing felony charges related to the 2020 "fake electors" scheme, speaks during the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee in July.

'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges

Eight of the Republicans set to cast Michigan and Nevada's 2024 Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump still face felony charges related to efforts to reverse Trump's 2020 loss.

Zalmai Afzali, an internal medicine doctor in northeastern Virginia, had to complete a residency program in the U.S. after having already finished one in Afghanistan. He supports new state laws dropping such requirements for foreign-trained doctors.

To solve for doctor shortages, states ease licensing for foreign-trained physicians

Some states are trying to make it easier for doctors trained in other countries to work in the U.S. Skeptics say other licensing and hiring barriers could hamper this effort.

A Jan. 6 defendant tells NPR why she turned down Trump's pardon

Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor charge and spent 60 days behind bars for her role in the Capitol riots, says she no longer believes the lies President Trump promoted.

Writer/director Jeff Baena and actress Aubrey Plaza pose for a portrait during Sundance NEXT FEST in Los Angeles on Aug, 8, 2014.

Film director and screenwriter Jeff Baena, husband of Aubrey Plaza, dead at 47

The co-writer of I Heart Huckabees and director of The Little Hours was found dead at a Los Angeles residence on Friday. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the case.

Election workers sort ballots on Oct. 29 at the Registrar of Voters Office in Reno, in Nevada's Washoe County.

What happens if local officials won't certify elections? A Nevada case may be a model

More than two dozen local officials in swing states have refused to certify elections in recent years, including after the primary election in Nevada's Washoe County this summer.

Kimberly Sullivan, who was taken into custody on Wednesday, faces charges including assault, kidnapping and unlawful restraint. She is accused of locking her stepson in his room for over 20 years.

A man says his stepmom locked him in a room for decades. He escaped by setting a fire

Police in Waterbury, Conn., allege the man's stepmother locked him in his room with limited food and water for over 20 years, until he started a fire using hand sanitizer, printer paper and a lighter.

Members of the Father Joe's Villages street health team, Kayla Houston and Tuesday Moon, visit an encampment near an I-5 onramp on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

Along freeways, homeless San Diegans are further from city sweeps and medical care

San Diego’s unsafe camping ordinance prohibits tent camping in public spaces. To avoid frequent encampment cleanup, some homeless San Diegans are moving to freeways, making it harder — and more dangerous — for outreach workers to reach them.

According to an annual survey of college online-learning officers, 83% of online programs in higher education cost students as much as or more than in-person courses.

As enrollment in online college grows, students wonder: Why does it cost more?

Rather than lowering the price, some universities use online courses to subsidize everything else.

Same-sex couples pose for pictures at a marriage registration event at Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok, on Thursday.

Couples wed as landmark same-sex marriage law takes effect in Thailand

Hundreds of same-sex couples tied the knot across Thailand on Thursday, as the country becomes the first in Southeast Asia to legally recognize equal marriage.

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