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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Andrea Lucas is changing the priorities of an agency that had long focused its efforts on protecting vulnerable and underserved workers.

How Trump's EEOC is attacking DEI and emphasizing white people

Andrea Lucas, the Trump-appointed chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, has set a new agenda for an agency that long prioritized vulnerable and underserved workers.

Joseph Williams, 49, a chronically homeless man, was arrested on June 28 and charged with two felony counts of camping on state property after police found him living in a public park in East Nashville. He spent nine days in jail before the felony charges were dismissed by a judge. After his release, he returned to the park.

A homeless man was charged with a felony for camping. He's one of the first

When Joseph Lamont Williams refused to leave the public park where he has lived for years, he was charged with a felony. Camping bans are on the rise as states seek to crack down on homelessness.

A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 25.

Here are the major Supreme Court decisions decided this term

The U.S. Supreme Court has wrapped up its term and begun to agree to cases it will hear in its next one, to begin in the fall.

Paige Bueckers is the 1st pick in the WNBA draft

Some of the biggest stars in women's basketball started their pro careers at Monday's WNBA draft. Jesse Washington from ESPN's Andscape talks about No. 1 pick Paige Beuckers and more.

Bob Onder greets Ellyana Wilson, 16, far right, and her brother, Lincoln, 13, center, at the Soda Museum in St. Charles in 2024. The St. Charles County Republican congressman took a dim view of how the Senate crafted the bill.

U.S. Rep. Bob Onder hopes lawmakers make Missouri’s congressional lines more Republican

The St. Charles County Republican was a strong supporter in 2022 of drawing a map that would have made it much harder for U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Kansas City, to win another term.

Why the kids of Venezuela aren't getting enough to eat

Many are small for their age — a sign of a growing crisis of malnutrition. Government mismanagement is to blame, say political analysts. And there could be lifelong impacts for these children.

Constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle explains how the pardon system works

Constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about her book "Pardon Power," exploring how the pardon system works and why.

Alice Snyder, with her parents Mary and Ryan, during a checkup with Dr. John Herzenberg, who treated her clubfoot without surgery.

How Parents And The Internet Transformed Clubfoot Treatment

Clubfoot is a common birth defect that can make walking difficult. It used to be treated with surgery, which could have serious side effects, but a simple nonsurgical solution is now the norm. It took years of pushing by parents for that treatment to become accepted.

A person cycles past the skyline in Philadelphia shrouded in haze on Thursday.

When will air quality improve? A lot is riding on the wind

Millions of Americans are under air quality alerts as wildfires burn in Canada. Experts say the weather pattern could change by early next week, and stress the need to take precautions until then.

A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the rebel group backed by the U.S.-led coalition, looks out upon the ruins of Raqqa last October, toward the end of the coalition's campaign to dislodge the Islamic State from its former stronghold.

U.S.-Led Coalition Accused Of 'Potential War Crimes' In Push To Reclaim Raqqa

Amnesty International alleges that during last year's successful campaign to dislodge ISIS from the Syrian city, the coalition's airstrikes were "either disproportionate or indiscriminate or both."

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