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NPR asked readers for insights into their Halloween traditions and they did not disappoint. From unique offerings for trick-or-treaters to honoring loved ones, the activities are nowhere near sparse.

The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what's lost and what we stand to lose as a result of human-caused climate change.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments April 30 over a bid to open the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school in Oklahoma.

Big public transit systems are warning of deep service cuts as they struggle to make up lost revenue from fewer riders. But in some places, ridership is growing as systems adapt to the new normal.

BALTIMORE (AP) - A Baltimore city councilwoman is planning to introduce a bill to raise the minimum wage in the city to $15 an hour.The Baltimore Sun…

BALTIMORE (AP) - City Council President Bernard "Jack" Young is joining a coalition of council members pushing for a $15 hourly minimum wage in…

A Princess Anne Commissioner has been found guilty of extortion as well as misconduct in office.Lionel Frederick could face more than ten years in prison…

DOVER, Del. (AP) - Officials at Delaware State University say one man has been arrested and another is being sought in the shooting of a student at an…

Violence plagues the city, just over the border from El Paso, Texas. We meet with a a newspaper photographer, whose days are spent shooting crime scenes.

At a rare forest clearing in central Africa, elephants gather to munch on mineral-rich soil. And researchers gather there to learn more about the social lives of the threatened animals — and how to save them. For Morning Edition, NPR's Alex Chadwick reports. (8:07)