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Baseball-Starved Fans Turn Out To Watch Middle-Aged Men Play

With Major League Baseball games to be played in empty stadiums, and the minor league season cancelled, fans are showing up at amateur leagues.

New Castle County Council delays chokehold ban and other police reform

New Castle County Council delayed voting on two proposed police reforms Tuesday. New Castle County Councilman Dave Carter tabled ordinances that would ban…

Shannon LaNier poses at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. in 2012. LaNier is a descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.

Thomas Jefferson Descendant Reflects On His Ancestor's Memorial And Legacy

Shannon LaNier is the sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. He talks to NPR about the founding father's complicated history, and how that should be reflected in his memorial.

White House Used Pandemic To Weaken Safety Regulations, Reporter Says

New Yorker writer Jane Mayer reports on conditions at a Delaware poultry processing plant owned by a major Trump donor: "No matter what's going on, they've got to keep those chicken lines running."

Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, shown testifying at a June 10 House Judiciary Committee hearing prompted by the death of George Floyd, announced he has filed a civil lawsuit against "the City of Minneapolis and police officers" on behalf of Floyd's family.

George Floyd's Family Files Civil Lawsuit Against Minneapolis And Police, Lawyers Say

Ben Crump and Antonio Romanucci — attorneys representing the family of George Floyd, who was killed by police on Memorial Day — laid out the lawsuit at a news conference in Minneapolis.

Rep. Steve Watkins, R-Kan., pictured in 2018, called the charges "hyperpolitical."

Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins Charged With Felonies Over Voter Registration At UPS Store

The charges, filed Tuesday, stem from Watkins registering to vote using the address of a UPS storefront.

Who Was Ben Tillman, Whose Statues Appear All Over South Carolina?

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Stephen Kantrowitz, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about who Ben Tillman was and why his statues appear all over South Carolina.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced a statewide ban on indoor dining at bars and restaurants at a press conference in Portland on March 16. Nearly four months later, with COVID-19 cases on the rise after a phased-in economic reopening, she announced new restrictions including a 10-person limit on social gatherings.

Oregon And West Virginia Will Shrink Social Gatherings To Combat COVID-19

Officials in both Oregon and West Virginia are tightening the limits as coronavirus cases rise in their states.

Milford Police upgrade their body cameras

The City of Milford will be upgrading its police department’s body cameras.Police Chief Kenneth Brown says one major upgrade is increasing the city's…

Classrooms at Vista Middle School sit empty during the 2019 Los Angeles teacher strike. Los Angeles schools emptied out again in the spring because of the coronavirus.

Los Angeles And San Diego Schools Announce Online-Only Fall

The districts cite "skyrocketing infection rates" in the coronavirus pandemic in Southern California.

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