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Roughly 2,500 people were exonerated in the United States between 1989 and 2019. In roughly half of all cases, the withholding of key evidence was the reason why.

Science writer Shankar Vedantam says we often function on autopilot — without even knowing it. His new book, The Hidden Brain, explores how unconscious biases color our decisions even when we think we are acting rationally.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan says the most remarkable aspect of Colm Toibin's new novel is its heroine, a "plain Jane" Irish immigrant with limited options.

Austin Carter speaks to Dr. Thérèse St. Paul and Dr. Andrew Black about the upcoming MSU Cinema International season and its first screening, "Beat the Devil."

One man at Malawi's Zomba Prison said that music is a form of freedom for the inmates, transporting them to a better place.

The Mexican president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, says a suspect has been arrested over the kidnapping of four Americans — two of whom were found dead on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday that it is unconstitutional to impose mandatory life sentences without parole on juveniles in murder cases. The high court previously ruled out executing juvenile offenders and invalidated life without parole in non-capital crimes.

University of California graduate students walked off the job this week. The nearly 50,000 striking academic workers are asking for better pay and benefits.

Some animals like birds and frogs are famous for the sounds they make. But have you ever heard a turtle talk? Most turtles were thought to not make sounds at all — before researchers went deep.

Olympic organizers call it a tip of the chapeau to the spirit of the French revolution. Critics see something different.