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As the Black Lives Matter movement prompts reckonings about race around the world, India's most popular skin lightening cream is removing the words 'fair,' 'white' and 'light' from its marketing.

A private meeting between President Trump and A.G. Sulzberger was suddenly public when Trump tweeted about it Sunday morning. Sulzberger then responded with his own account of what happened.

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary set out recently to document some of these words on Twitter, and was flooded with responses from people offering their own.

For more than a quarter century, Republicans have been asked to sign a pledge not to raise taxes. The first two presidential candidates this year have signed it, but there could be one big holdout.

The film opens in theaters on Dec. 1. The Renaissance World Tour grossed $579 million and has become the highest-grossing tour by a female artist and the seventh highest-grossing tour of all time.

The new defendants added into the legal filing included Lego, Nestlé, Tyson Foods, Abbott Laboratories, Colgate-Palmolive, Pinterest and Shell International.

The judge ordered both sides to file status reports by March 13. He said he has outstanding questions, including how the Russia investigation was impeded and the impact of Flynn's lies on the inquiry.

The No. 3 House Republican has previously warded off an attempt to remove her from her leadership role in the party, but this time around, her support from GOP leaders seems to be crumbling.

Several million consumers who buy their own health insurance earn too much to qualify for government help to defray the cost.

Latinos make up 9 percent of the state's population and 2 percent of registered voters, and a new poll shows many are undecided. In Charlotte, Michel Martin learns more about their growing influence.

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler took center stage during the impeachment trial after sharing an account of Trump siding with the Capitol mob. The Washington Republican is now bracing for the fallout.

In 2013 and 2014, there will be a number of substantial realignments in the NCAA conferences. Some believe that the realignment process will ultimately result in the creation of four "super conferences." NPR's Mike Pesca talks about how conference shifts could effect the future of college athletics.

Christine Blasey Ford and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, have been negotiating whether and how Ford would testify about her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her.

NPR examined Trump's Twitter feed this summer, which shows a snapshot of a president who attacks black public figures who criticize him, while praising black celebrities who support him.

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun's real-time Twitter pleas for help went viral as she begged for refugee status. Thai officials have let her talk to U.N. refugee officials.

President Trump said that four women who have been critical of his policies "are free to leave" the country. The members of Congress accused Trump of advocating a racist agenda.

While Trump says he believes the sincerity of the Russian president's denials made during a summit in Vietnam, Trump agrees with U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia did interfere in the election.

They're doing it with memes from Game of Thrones and The Simpsons. And by quickly responding to queries from the public.

Superstorm Sandy turned out the lights along the Eastern Seaboard, but Twitter was ablaze with comments. Host Michel Martin looks at the good, the bad, and the ugly of social media during Sandy, including intentional hoaxes. She speaks with Rey Junco of the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society about why some users spread misinformation.

10/17/13 - In the second half of the program, Syndicated food columnist Linda Gassenheimer, Special wine correspondent Fred Tasker and WLRN hosts Joseph…