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Acclaimed author Philip Roth has chosen to donate his personal book collection to the struggling Newark Public Library. But some question whether books are what make a library relevant in 2016.

For the past two years, the project 'Precious Lives' has been documenting the impact of gun violence on the city of Milwaukee. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with two of the producers about the project.

A special session of the North Carolina legislature could change the political landscape there. Republican lawmakers are trying to significantly reduce the power of the incoming Democratic governor.

A federal jury in Charleston, South Carolina has found Dylann Roof guilty of all 33 counts related to the killings of nine black worshippers at the Emanuel AME Church in 2015.

The NBA sideline reporter was known for his outlandish wardrobe nearly as much as his broadcasting chops. But in his decades-long career, few could match either. He had been diagnosed with leukemia.

Protesters are being arrested for demonstrating against a set of bills Republican lawmakers are trying to pass to weaken the power of the incoming Democratic governor.

An NPR investigation has documented dramatic spikes in complicated black lung, the most serious stage of the deadly coal miners' disease.

NPR revisits four voters whom we first met as Barack Obama was campaigning for president. They reflect on the past 8 years, react to Donald Trump's victory and share their hopes for the future.

Steve Inskeep talks to Zeke Emanuel, one of the architects of Obamacare, about the future of the Affordable Care Act under Donald Trump's administration. Emanuel met this week with Trump.

Few coffee aficionados are putting a Mr. Coffee machine on their wish list. But 40 years ago, it would've been at the top. The appliance revolutionized the quality and speed of home brewing.