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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to a close friend of Philando Castile, Danny Givens. Philando Castile was fatally shot Wednesday night by police during a traffic stop in a St. Paul, Minn., suburb.

A federal jury found a scuba dive boat captain was criminally negligent in the deaths of 34 people killed in a fire aboard the vessel in 2019, the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with ESPN reporter Michael Voepel about where the NCAA Women's Tournament currently stands.

The Kennedy Center Honors will broadcast on CBS Wednesday evening. This year's Honorees are Dionne Warwick, Billy Crystal, Renee Fleming, Barry Gibb and Queen Latifah.

In the boldest move yet by new CEO Marissa Mayer, Yahoo will buy the blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion. The move is a bet that Tumblr's large community of users is a source of potential profits. While Tumblr is a fast-growing startup, it has not generated significant revenue.

The decision reverses the use of consent decrees to ensure accountability of law enforcement agencies. It comes days before the anniversary of George Floyd's murder by a police officer.

President Trump argues that his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is being treated like he's "guilty until proven innocent." But Trump's support for due process is selective.

A law passed in Arkansas last year calls for the creation of a donation-funded memorial on state capitol grounds, to commemorate fetuses aborted when Roe v. Wade was legal.

Arkansas unveiled one of its new statues at the US Capitol's Statuary Hall this week: Civil Rights leader Daisy Bates. Another sculpture of a famous Arkansan, Johnny Cash, will soon join her there.

Perry Bamonte, a keyboard and guitar player in the English band The Cure, has died. He was 65 years old. In a statement, the band called him "quiet, intense, intuitive, constant and hugely creative."