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Maine, Maryland, and Washington passed same-sex marriage on the ballot in the 2012 election. Minnesotans struck down a proposed constitutional amendment that would define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Now, people on both sides of the issue are reevaluating their strategies.

In Michigan, six state employees were charged Friday with covering up information that could have warned the public about lead contamination of the city of Flint's drinking water.

Earlier this month, it was President Obama getting a dig in about Mitt Romney having once put his dog in a crate on top of a car. Today it was Romney making a reference to the "birther" conspiracy.

The bolts of red light appear during thunderstorms, above the clouds and last only milliseconds. They're hard to capture, but now we have pictures.

When Sandy Baker left her marriage, she and her daughter moved into a hotel. They were homeless for over 2 years, and that, they said, left them with what mattered: Those who loved them the most.

Bringing powerful winds and storm surge, Hurricane Delta is moving toward Louisiana. The storm is forecast to affect some of the same areas Hurricane Laura devastated six weeks ago.

Democrats are making a fresh push on voting rights legislation around the anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, while also trying to revive President Biden's Build Back Better agenda.

Andrew Limbong, host of NPR's Book of the Day podcast, recommends key books to read on right wing extremism and former President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election results.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office was so far behind in burials for the poor that bodies have been stacking up, making it difficult for some to find or view their deceased loved ones. "It's an unimaginable pain, what these families have gone through," says one local pastor.

This week's allegations that Herman Cain harassed two women during his tenure at the National Restaurant Association are far from the only obstacle he faces in his quest for the Republican nomination. In presidential elections, Americans rarely elect someone who has never held public office.