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The statue of the president of the Confederacy has stood atop a large pedestal on Richmond's Monument Avenue since 1907. It is the third statue in Richmond torn down this week.

Senate Republicans are putting together a legislative package to address the U.S. policing system. NPR's Noel King talks to Republican Senator James Lankford, who is part of this working group.

Kathy Sullivan traveled to Challenger Deep, nearly 7 miles beneath the surface of the South Pacific. Already an accomplished astronaut, Sullivan made history with her trip to the site.

The pain in the job market continues as an additional 1.5 million sought unemployment benefits last week. In the past 12 weeks, more than 44 million new claims have been filed.

As cities continue relaxing shelter-in-place mandates and reopening, sports leagues are cautiously readying to compete again.

General Mark Milley, a top military official, has apologized for participating in President Trump's walk to St. John's Church near the White House, after law enforcement forcibly cleared protesters.

Nearly 1,600 people have signed a petition to ease gym restrictions in Connecticut ahead of reopening next week.Connecticut gyms will be allowed to reopen…

Contradicting Trump, the GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee greenlights a commission to rename Army installations bearing Confederate names. Lawmakers in the House are taking similar action.

Decades after the war, four black veterans return to Vietnam to recover a stash of buried gold. The timely film is a critique of the U.S.' long, shameful history of devaluing its black soldiers.

Seven Connecticut nursing homes have been fined more than $42,000 since March as a result of ongoing inspections by the state Department of Public…