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A judge says New York City's stop-and-frisk policy violates the rights of thousands of people. And Attorney General Eric Holder is proposing new ways to deal with drug offenders. Guest host Celeste Headlee talks politics with Keli Goff of The Root and Mary Kate Cary of U.S. News & World Report.

The Renew company has been asked to cease tracking the cellphones of pedestrians who pass its recycling bins, which also double as kiosks showing video advertisements. The bins logged data about any Wi-Fi-enabled device that passed within range.

Tony Abbott, who might be Australia's next prime minister, was making the case that current prime minister Kevin Rudd has too much decision-making power. His words struck a bum note, though.

When she was 24, Piper Kerman dated a woman who was part of a drug smuggling ring. Years later, after being named as part of that ring, Kerman served time in a federal prison and at one point shared a cell with her former girlfriend. Her memoir of that experience inspired the Netflix series.

Crowdsourcing tools are slowly working their way into the education policy world, designed to give teachers and school district employees more say on big decisions that affect their school environment. One site called for employees to submit ideas that could help improve the safety of students and staff at school.

California revenues are off to a slow start in the new budget year.The state controller’s office says they came in six percent below projections for the…

The winners of a third of the Powerball lottery call themselves "Ocean's 16." They famously showed up for work at the Ocean County Vehicle Maintenance Department after realizing they were about to become millionaires.

NPR's Stephen Thompson brings us new music each week. Today we listen to "Covered" by Sarah Siskind, her re-issued album that went under the radar during its first release in 2003.

Bakersfield-based produce grower and packer Sun World International has been acquired by Renewable Resources Group, a Los Angeles-based asset management…

James Van Dyke Evers was only 3 when his father, civil rights leader Medgar Evers, was shot and killed in the family's driveway. Van Evers chose not to follow in his father's footsteps — at what cost?