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A sign promoting the 2020 census stands in a planter in Roswell, N.M., in August. A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to continue holding off on wrapping up the census for now.

Court Order Keeps Census In Limbo As Counting End Date Looms

After the Trump administration missed a filing deadline for court documents, a judge has ordered the wrap-up of the census to remain on hold, throwing door-knocking efforts further into uncertainty.

Rows of pinot noir grapevines sit under a blanket of dense smoke from wildfires last week in Oregon's Arlyn Vineyard.

'I Have To Work': Agricultural Workers In The West Harvest Crops Through Fire Smoke

"The smoke is so dense," one agricultural worker in Oregon told NPR. "I feel dizzy, my throat hurts and my head feels like it's going to explode." Their employers are also faced with tough choices.

Relationship Between Money And Hip-Hop: From Grassroots Movement To Sotheby's

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with culture journalist William Ketchum III about Sotheby's hip-hop auction held this week. It sold Tupac's letters, hip-hop flyers and a plastic crown worn by Biggie Smalls.

Benjamin Graff, center, and his son Jacob Graff, 19, drop off their mail-in ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election, in Philadelphia, on June 2, 2020. The state Supreme Court affirmed Thursday that counties may use drop boxes for voters casting mail-in ballots.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Extends Vote By Mail Deadline, Allows Drop Boxes

The decisions come just seven weeks before Election Day and as a flurry of election-related lawsuits heat up around the country.

Taylor Swift and the 'Last Great American Dynasty'

Pop star Taylor Swift’s songs often draw from her own life. For her new album, Folklore, Swift turned to a new muse: an eccentric heiress who once owned…

Lamont Appoints Angel Qurios Connecticut's First Latinx Corrections Commissioner

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has appointed the state’s first Latinx Commissioner for the Department of Corrections.Angel Qurios, of Hartford, is a…

The Gulf Livestock 1 cargo vessel sails through Port Phillip heading into Bass Strait in Australia in April 2019. Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday for the livestock ship carrying more than 40 crew members and thousands of animals.

42 Crew, Nearly 6,000 Cows Missing After Ship Sinks In Storm-Tossed Seas Off Japan

The Gulf Livestock 1 reportedly capsized in heavy seas near the island of Amami Oshima just as a typhoon was passing through the area. Only one crew member is known to have survived.

New London Firefighters Receive $300K FEMA Grant

The New London Fire Department in Connecticut has been awarded a federal grant of just over $300,000 from FEMA.U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal toured the…

Shelter Island Retires 'Indians' High School Mascot

The Shelter Island Board of Education on Long Island has voted to retire its high school’s mascot “the Indians.” The school has used the image of a Native…

"This is the way Vladimir Putin does things. And he does it both inside of Russia and outside of Russia," says Steven Hall, former CIA chief of Russia operations, discussing a history of poisonings and assassinations of critics of the Russian regime.

'No Doubt' That Navalny Poisoning Was Russian Operation, Former CIA Russia Chief Says

"This is something that the Russian intelligence services have been doing literally for decades, if not longer," says Steven Hall, former CIA chief of Russia operations.

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