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Ted Koppel remembers Colin Powell as a 'wise counselor' to presidents

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with veteran journalist Ted Koppel about Colin Powell's legacy. Koppel recalls both professional moments as well as personal ones, like their shared love of fast cars.

Music released by Black artists in 2016 both shaped and reflected culture

2016 was a complex year for Black music, between the last year of the Obama presidency, and the numerous high-profile deaths of Black people at the hands of police.

Ex-national security adviser John Bolton on Trump's Iran goals

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former national security adviser John Bolton about President Trump's objectives in Iran.

The General Motors EV1 pioneered technology you can still find in electric vehicles today. Just over 1,000 were built, and the cars were only available for lease in a few states.

This little electric car made history. 25 years ago, GM stopped making it

The EV1 was the first modern, mass-produced electric vehicle from a major automaker — pioneering some technologies you can still find in today's EVs. But the model was controversial, and short-lived.

Chloe Veltman evaluates Nike's Project Amplify system on a steep incline at the LeBron James Innovation Center in Beaverton, Ore., on Jan. 14. She says that after "getting over the surprise" of initially wearing the Project Amplify shoes, "it kind of feels like my feet are being pushed more aggressively forward."

'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility

Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.

Leaders from Virginia’s NAACP gather in Richmond to discuss misleading campaign mailers that invoke the civl rights movement, Jim Crow laws, and out-of-context quotes from former President Barack Obama to persuade votes against a mid-decade redistricting amendment.

Virginia civil rights leaders decry ‘misinformation’ in redistricting fight

Supreme Court Hears Murder Case Involving Muscogee Creek Nation Land

A convicted man's fate hangs on whether he committed a murder on land belonging to Native Americans or to Oklahoma. David Greene talks to James Floyd, principal chief of the Muscogee Creek Nation.

In 2003, Hampton Roads Ventures administered $15 million in federal tax credits designed to attract investors to distressed areas, including $3.5 million for then-Harrison Dry Storage Boatel (now Morningstar Marina) on Shore Drive near East Beach, NRHA’s upscale waterfront development. Since then, the subsidiary has invested little in Norfolk.

Norfolk council members losing patience with community funder’s failures

Hampton Roads Ventures’ 2025 annual report reveals a $15 million investment in two projects in other states, but none in Norfolk.

Bringing marine life back to South Florida's 'forgotten edge'

Seawalls are great at protecting property and people. A new nature-inspired seawall add-on is trying to make them better at protecting marine wildlife too.

Former Alex Jones employee says: 'It was nonsense, it was lies'

Josh Owens spent four years as a video editor and field producer for Jones' Infowars media company. "It was all about making things look cinematic," he says. Owens' memoir is The Madness of Believing.

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