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Even after a Harvard team took into account differences in age and weight among ancient specimens and knees today, they found that modern humans tend to have more osteoarthritis.

The "Yes, You're Racist" Twitter account uses crowdsourcing to help identify white supremacists. But sometimes it gets things wrong. And not everyone is happy about efforts at public shaming.

Barnes & Noble is experimenting with food, Amazon is replicating its online business and an indie shop aims to be part of the community. Ultimately, they all want to sell more books.

President Trump on Monday delivered a statement directly calling out the hate groups behind the violence in Charlottesville, Va. And, 3 CEOs resigned from Trump's advisory council on manufacturing.

Paul Kuharevicz was in Chicago for work and trying to get home to Michigan. His flight was canceled so he rented a car and drove. Along the way he bought a lottery ticket, and won a million dollars.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Mark Lilla, author of the book, The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics, which looks at the failure of American liberalism over the past two generations.

White supremacists and alt-right activists have long pushed for mainstream acceptance. In the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Va., their racist ideology is encountering mainstream resistance.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson released the annual religious freedom report on Tuesday, singling out some key US partners from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain. This comes after Tillerson has faced criticism for downplaying human rights.

Last weekend, white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville, Va., under one banner: "Unite the Right." But in reality, it was a patchwork of different alt-right groups attempting to show a unified front. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Professor George Hawley of the University of Alabama about the current landscape of alt-right organizations.

The man accused of murder for allegedly driving his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters last weekend is in jail now. James Alex Fields Jr. grew up in Kentucky and lived in Ohio where a few people saw signs of a troubled young man.