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The Supreme Court nominee said Roe v. Wade was "important precedent" but stopped short of saying whether he thinks the case was correctly decided.

A Washington, D.C.-based tech incubator is hosting women entrepreneurs from Saudi Arabia who work on social problems through apps.

While some are calling for her to step aside Rep. Nancy Pelosi continues to raise money and campaign across the country. She downplays ideological splits in the party and pledges a check on Trump.

Being sexually abused as a child can shape someone's entire life: their health, relationships, spirituality. And the loss of income can be enormous.

Algae has long posed a potential health threat to swimmers and boaters; now it's threatening water supplies. State regulations are starting to address it.

There were a record 430 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender candidates this year running for office at every level of government, almost entirely on the Democratic side.

Afropunk has come of age. In reaching the next phase of its evolution, its efforts have gone global. The music festival has grown to the level of cultural institution.

California recently ended its current money bail system. Washington, D.C. largely did away with cash bail back in the 1990s. NPR's Melissa Block speaks with D.C. Judge Truman Morrison.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Norman Eisen about his new book, The Last Palace. Eisen lived in a palace in Prague during his tenure as former U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic.

The net neutrality protections, which advocates call the strongest in the country, now go to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown.