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Gov. Matt Bevin is demanding a recanvassing and alleging fraud after he came up about 5,000 votes short in the Nov. 5 Kentucky gubernatorial election.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with reporter Carol Motsinger of The Greenville News about financial scams aimed at military veterans.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Lauren Michele Jackson about her new book White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue... and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation.

"Mudlarks" were the people who made a living picking objects out of the mud along the River Thames. Writer Lara Maiklem follows in their tracks; she chronicles her journeys in a new book, Mudlark.

"The Dalai Lama's reincarnation is a civilizational struggle between China and Tibetans over who controls Tibetan Buddhism," says Amitabh Mathur, a former Indian government adviser on Tibetan affairs.

Elections specialists worry that politicians' scurrilous claims about voter fraud — when it seldom has a decisive effect on outcomes — erode confidence in democracy.

If elected president, the South Bend., Ind., mayor says he will prioritize building more trust between law enforcement and marginalized communities across the country.

At one point a child welfare official threatened to take custody of the kids and families refused to let them go. "I told them I couldn't, that I wouldn't let my kid go," one woman said.

As Cambodia kicks off a three-day water festival, fishermen are struggling to make a living in the face of climate change and hydropower dams.

Yes, it's here again: the season when cable and streaming networks offer a deluge of holiday stories — 61 in all! — full of happy couples, moppets and people learning the true meaning of Christmas.