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Federal prosecutors are continuing their probe of the drug industry's role in the opioid epidemic, but it's unclear if the Justice Department will charge companies with criminal wrong-doing.

On social media, it's easy for rumors to go viral. One proposal to fix this is a "circuit breaker" for viral posts, modeled on how stock markets stop trading when shares are too volatile.

People fleeing the coasts due to the pandemic are driving up rent and real estate prices in Sun Valley, Idaho. However, it's forcing workers out of the resort community and bringing longer commutes.

We talk to a former FBI agent who went undercover with right-wing militants in the 1990s about the groups' overlap with law enforcement.

The latest NPR poll finds 70 percent of Latinos in Los Angeles have experienced serious financial problems because of the job losses and other economic impacts during the pandemic.

The state says it received more than 400 complaints about Griddy in less than two weeks. One woman who was hit with $4,677 on her credit card said, "I do not have the money to pay this bill."

In Oregon, the U.S. Department of Justice is stepping up its response to protests in Portland. Police say they need help investigating crimes committed during racial justice protests.

In southern California, the people of Ridgecrest have frayed nerves after back-to-back temblors and ongoing, sizable aftershocks. Officials have brought in counselors and therapy dogs.

Video of Sandra Bland during a 2015 traffic stop in Texas surfaced Monday. The recording shows Bland's confrontation with a combative officer. Bland was found hanging in a jail cell three days later.

AAA predicts some 54 million Americans will travel during the days around Thanksgiving. Unseasonable weather could cause headaches.