Award winners include authors Daniel Kraus, Jill Lepore and Yiyun Li, opinion writer M. Gessen and staffers and contributors at The Washington Post, Reuters and AP.

The Independence Police Department internal affairs commander says the city discriminated against older officers and looked the other way on deputy chiefs’ drunken driving incidents.

Whether he was labeled outlaw or underground, Coe was clearly an outsider in Nashville’s music establishment.

Royals owner John Sherman said in an email to fans Wednesday that the team had reached a deal with Hallmark Cards on a "transformative project" that will create a new ballpark at Crown Center near dow...

Terry Young, 21, agreed to plead guilty to a weapons charge as more serious charges were dropped. Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson said she and the victim’s family were disappointed in the out...

Democratic city does not control its police force – and reform attempts have been thwarted by Republicans

There are four of them.

Diana Knapp, the county’s director of corrections for eight years, is leaving just as the new $317 million county detention center is set to open this spring. Sheriff Daryl Forte said the resignation may create some uncertainty and ultimately, a new chief will be hired.

Diana Knapp, the county’s director of corrections for eight years, is leaving just as the new $317 million county detention center is set to open this spring. A sheriff's spokeswoman said she didn't k...

When a station's physical infrastructure is suddenly uprooted, maintaining a reliable link to the national NPR network is one of the biggest hurdles. Traditional satellite distribution requires precis...

Parents and children from a detention center in Texas found themselves dropped at a border town shelter with few means to leave.

New Epstein files emails show how Epstein tried to cultivate relationships with prosecutors and others involved in his case

This event includes a conversation between Rick and Peggy in Unity Hall, along with an opportunity to get your book signed and personalized.

A new book examines the case of a Kansas City, Kansas, detective who sexually exploited Black women—and the system that enabled him.

This event includes a conversation between Rick and Peggy in Unity Hall, along with an opportunity to get your book signed and personalized.

Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...

Long one of the strongest public media outlets in the country, MPR has reached new traffic highs amid the ICE raids and protests there. Here’s our regular ranking of the top 25 public radio websites i...

Platform Ventures, owned by Ryan and Terry Anderson, pitched a warehouse development as a job creator for south Kansas City. Port KC says the company went behind its back to strike a deal with ICE, wh...

Critics said Heather Hall, a former Kansas City councilwoman, could not be impartial. Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern, a Northland Democrat, led the opposition to Hall's appointment.

Critics said Heather Hall, a former Kansas City councilwoman, could not be impartial. Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern, a Northland Democrat, led the opposition to Hall's appointment.

Sheriff Darryl Forte said lawmakers have a duty to prioritize community concerns over politics. Jackson County Legislative Chair Manny Abarca, who introduced the measure to ban masks, countered that a...

KCUR and Classical KC were given just over a month to vacate our longtime offices. Here's what we know so far about the move, and what we don't.

What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.

A protest organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation attracted more than 200 people who came out despite the wet, cold evening. Many carried signs with pictures of Renee Good, the former Kans...

The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.

The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.

NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

Following confirmation of the Kansas City Chiefs' impending move to Wyandotte County, residents on both sides of the state line said they have mixed feelings about the future.

Ahmon Mann, 46, says Roger Golubski, a disgraced Kansas City, Kansas, Police detective, was the “main architect of the state’s one-witness case” in a 2000 murder. Mann is seeking release from a Kansas...

In a year defined by legal threats, political hostility and sudden firings, contributing editor Gretchen A. Peck examines how a culture of fear is reshaping the American newsroom. Her reporting reveals an industry under unprecedented pressure — from lawsuits and federal investigations to the growing expectation that journalists police every word they post online. Peck shows how this risk-averse environment is quietly altering the way reporters work, the decisions leaders make and the future o...

After firing the business leaders who accepted a federal contract to design immigration detention facilities, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation's chairperson compared such sites to Native American reservations.

So far this year, 128 pedestrians have been killed in Missouri — a troubling increase over the same period in 2024, which was already the deadliest on record.

Here’s why journalists respond so passively to presidential abuse

Current and former employees at Jefferson City Correctional Center say the shortage is causing unrest. They blame the state’s contractor, Centurion Health.

A worker’s demotion after releasing court records to The Marshall Project - Cleveland led to a lawsuit alleging retaliation and witness intimidation.

In an exclusive interview the younger Chawinga sister talks about missing her older sibling Tabitha, her hopes for Malawi and life at Kansas City Current

Serving on a committee recommending updates to the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics may be the most daunting job I have ever taken on.

Julio Rojas describes his experience of being arrested in Olathe, his home of 9 years, and deported without a warrant or legal assistance.