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Pop star Britney Spears has a big hearing in court Friday. It could decide whether to end the conservatorship that's controlled her life for the past 13 years.

Three inmates died in Mississippi state prisons this week, leading the governor to announce operational changes. On Friday, activists are rallying at the state capitol to demand prison reform.

Ahead of the holidays, coronavirus cases are down, but the U.S. remains stuck in a cycle of regional outbreaks, even in heavily vaccinated northern states. Can boosters and kids vaccines make a dent?

In November's elections, voters across the U.S. chose more progressive prosecutors and have shown support for criminal justice reforms.

Latinos will make up the largest minority voting bloc this year. But some Latino leaders are concerned that they won't show up to the polls.

A monthly job report published Friday has shown signs of strength in the labor market. Unemployment has declined and employers have created millions of new jobs in May.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to ProPublica reporter Ken Ward Jr. about the political forces that shaped West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin's opposition to President Biden's Build Back Better bill.

President Trump held a campaign rally Monday night in Kentucky for Republican Gov. Matt Bevin who is in a tough race with Democrat Andy Beshjear, who is the state's attorney general.

President Trump's campaign is hard at work, trying to define and disqualify presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. But so far, it has had mixed results.

Renaissance woman Hedy Lamarr was born on this day 100 years ago. Not only was she a major screen actress, she was also an inventor. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates speaks with Lamarr biographer Richard Rhodes.