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A West Virginia community is trying to prevent substance abuse among teens by making sure they have all kinds of things to do. The idea is to change the culture, and it's worked in Iceland.

An image of the racist sign was shared online Monday, gaining the attention of thousands across social media.

Due to high inflation, rising interest rates and economic fears, stock markets are seeing a sharp decline in the number of private companies that want to begin selling stock to the general public.

David Dondero was born in Duluth, Minn. But the singer spent so much of his life on the road that he doesn't seem to be from anywhere. His drifter sensibility gives him unique perspective on the places he passes through. His sixth album is South of the South, a reference to Florida.

An ethnobotanist travels into the Sahara Desert to research the vanishing customs of Timbuktu, once a medieval intellectual center. In the first of a four-part National Geographic Radio Expedition, NPR's Alex Chadwick follows Wade Davis for the start of a project to document disappearing cultures of the world.

At trial is underway for guards accused of beating a man in an Illinois prison so badly that he died. There are allegations of similar beatings in the same location, long before Larry Earvin's death.

By some estimates, there are millions of people working in an informal economy in Mexico. Many are street vendors who ply their trades in the neighborhoods of the capital. They have no access to loans or financial support.

Supreme Court nominee John Roberts begins a series of courtesy calls, meeting members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and leaders of both parties. Congress goes into recess at the end of July; confirmation hearings for Roberts could begin in September.

Workers on London's underground transit system are demanding more radios, more secure rail-car cabs and chemical protection suits in the wake of two recent attacks. They're threatening to go on strike if talks Wednesday with city transportation officials break down.

The decision to close the store on College Avenue has left workers with less than a week's notice and resulted in them calling for a boycott of other Starbucks stores around the city.