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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey delivers her State of the State address on March 7. On Friday, the governor announced she had replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book.

Alabama governor ousts a top education official over a book's 'woke concepts' on race

Gov. Ivey replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book that Ivey said teaches "woke concepts" because of language about inclusion and structural racism.

A man walks out of a flooded Fort Lauderdale neighborhood on April 13. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster area due to flooding earlier this month after record rainfall.

DeSantis seeks federal aid for Fort Lauderdale flood victims

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis asked the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster area due to flooding earlier this month after record rainfall.

Nagwa Khalid Hamad, who died when mortar hit her home in Khartoum, at a wedding in in 2019. Her son says: "I don't even recall whose wedding it was but all i can remember is my brother, sister, mom and myself were there and we were happy." He describes her as "a very calm person." If he was upset, he says, "she would say to just take it in, just breathe it in and don't worry about it."

His mom — a doctor and 'a true angel' — died when mortar struck her home in Sudan

Nagwa Khalid Hamad, 66, was one of at least 400 killed since conflict erupted last Saturday. Her son spoke to NPR about her death and life — and what she meant to him, to family and to her patients.

'Wait Wait' for April 22, 2023: With Not My Job guest 'Weird Al' Yankovic

Weird Al is a music and comedy legend, and the subject of Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, a parody biopic about his very real life. He may be Weird Al, but what does he know about Weird Alabama?

Embracing the primal, letting it out and letting go at music festivals

Music festivals like Coachella are a spectrum of taste and discovery, allowing fans to experience their favorite artists and introducing them to new ones.

Inside the Taiwan chip incubator the U.S. is trying to emulate

A visit to a technology incubator in Taiwan that's helped create companies behind the world's most advanced semiconductor chips.

How having a daughter with a disability changed one woman's relationship with her body

A woman's lifelong judgement of her own appearance changes after she gives birth to a daughter with disabilities.

The headquarters of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands

Families of victims await justice as the ICC reopens Philippines drug war probe

An International Criminal Court investigation puts President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a tough spot. His vice president is the daughter of the leader who launched the drug war at the heart of the probe.

The U.S. Supreme Court will issue a ruling on the access of mifepristone, the widely used medical abortion drug, Friday. The case was brought to the high court after a federal judge decided earlier this month that he FDA improperly approved the pill 23 years ago.

Supreme Court blocks lower court decision in case on FDA approval of abortion pill

The Supreme Court has left the case in the hands of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has scheduled oral arguments in the case for May 17.

What the Justice Clarence Thomas scandal says about ethics on the Supreme Court

With news that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to disclose gifts of vacations, luxury experiences and business transactions, there is new scrutiny on the ethics governing the court.

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