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The longtime head lifeguard at York Beach in Maine is vowing to resign at the end of the summer season unless the town of York takes steps to enforce restrictions on alcohol use. The debate in York highlights the discrepancies in how public drinking laws are enforced along the Northeast Seacoast.

The Olympic Games almost always comes with a substantial financial burden for a host city. But are cost-benefit analysts too simplistic for how we evaluate their impact?

Democrats believe they have an opportunity to make inroads with an important voting bloc in swing state Arizona: Latinos.

"Tested" from NPR’s podcast Embedded and CBC in Canada examines the 100-year history of the practice of sex testing female athletes in elite sports.

Before any public office, Kamala Harris went to Washington, D.C., to study at Howard University. Jill Louis, class of '87, joined Alpha Kappa Alpha at the same time as Harris.

This week, Richmond officials went over what’s been fixed or needs fixing following the floods of July 10 and 11, including the town’s wastewater pump station, the Volunteers Green park, a new utility truck, roads and culverts — not to mention entire neighborhoods of homes.

After gaining national attention as one of the "Tennessee Three," state Rep. Gloria Johnson will try to ride Democratic enthusiasm in her run against U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn in November.

NPR’S Ailsa Chang talks with former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas, about whether Israel might be provoking an escalation in the Middle East that could drag the U.S. into conflict.

Black farmers got $2 billion in USDA payments to address discrimination in farm loans. For decades, Black farmers and others have argued that they’ve been left behind by the USDA’s lending programs.

The Justice Department has sued TikTok over violating children's privacy. It’s the latest legal trouble for the Chinese-owned video app.