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In 1998, then-Vice President Gore proposed the satellite, which has since been repurposed for NOAA's needs. It was set to take off Sunday, but the launch was scrubbed, and will be rescheduled.

In Washington and Oregon, local governments argue they should get more tax funds from marijuana, because legalized pot will increase their expenses. States say cities' costs will actually fall.

There are no Parker tunes on the sax player's latest album, Bird Calls, but it's a tribute nonetheless.

In a single week, the hack of a health insurance giant exposed as many as 80 million Social Security numbers and TurboTax halted e-filing due to fraud. NPR's Arun Rath talks with reporter Brian Krebs.

Dean Smith, the former coach of the University of North Carolina basketball team, has died. He was 83. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Washington Post columnist John Feinstein about Smith's legacy.

D.W. Griffith's film premiered in Los Angeles a century ago Sunday. In many ways, the movie — three hours of racist propaganda — was the beginning of Hollywood.

A riot outside of a major soccer match broke out in Egypt on Sunday night. Authorities said the stampede and fighting between fans and police killed at least 25 people.

With a single move, Rikers Island prison has taken the lead on prison reform on one issue: It banned the use of solitary confinement for inmates under 21 years old.

Big donors are turning to outside groups, and many state parties are watching their budgets and clout dwindle.

President Obama is expected to submit to Congress what's called an AUMF, an authorization for the use of military force against ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State.