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The colt ran to victory in the Belmont Stakes Saturday, after winning the Derby and the Preakness. He's the first horse since 1978 to achieve what some call the most difficult feat in sports.

In California, a program called "procedural justice" aims to improve the relationship between police and communities of color. Officer Kyle Hay tells NPR's Rachel Martin how it has helped him on his beat.

Iowa's freshman Sen. Joni Ernst hosted a herd of potential Republican presidential candidates for her first-ever Roast and Ride event, asserting herself as a force in presidential politics.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party was hoping to secure a big majority, but instead may be forced to share power with its rival.

The McKinney Police Department says that the incident occurred when officers responded to "a disturbance involving multiple juveniles" who did not have permission to be at a community pool.

The sentence of 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes has drawn international condemnation but remains in place for Raif Badawi, a blogger who had earlier been found guilty of "insulting" Islam. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with correspondent Deborah Amos in Riyadh, the Saudi capital.

Many elite charter schools boast of making students from challenging socioeconomic backgrounds ready for college. Now some programs are focused on helping more of those students finish their degrees.

The notion goes back to the ancients — that minds given to flights of fancy are on the healthy side of a spectrum that includes what we today call psychosis. An Icelandic gene study offers new clues.

The state is appealing Pistorius' acquittal on murder charges, but it appears that the Olympic athlete will be out of custody when that appeal comes before the justice system.

The case centered on a law requiring residents to keep handguns under lock and key or to use trigger locks when not carrying their weapons. Another measure bans the sale of hollow-point bullets.