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Dale Earnhardt's death on the final lap of the Daytona 500 four years ago broke the hearts of millions of NASCAR fans. His memory lingers in homes and racetracks across the country. Earnhardt's famous #3 logo is as prevalent as ever.

Nonagenarian political activist Doris Haddock, better known to NPR listeners as Granny D, is still at it. Her core issue is now voter registration, but campaign finance reform remains close to her heart.

A new exhibit in Chicago focuses on a single painting -- Georges Seurat's groundbreaking, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. The show features the trial-and-error preparations that led up to Seurat's masterpiece. NPR's Susan Stamberg reports on the exhibition, which opens Saturday at the Art Institute of Chicago and runs through Sept. 19.

A security guard at a South Dakota science center noticed three people walking off with the statue. Video helped police track the suspected bandits back to their apartment.

A shooting Monday at a bank in downtown Louisville killed at least four people and wounded at least eight others, police said. The suspected lone shooter was also dead.

Lexington police are considering reinstating a home fleet policy allowing officers to use their patrol cars for personal use.But the privilege would come…

While celebrated jockey Isaac Murphy broke racing records, it took more than seven years for his Lexington memorial to get to the starting gate. Monday’s…

NPR's Shereen Marisol Meraji was with World Cup fans in Los Angeles, and she offers some of their reactions to the U.S. soccer team's match with Germany.

A blaze in Mariposa County is one of many large fires burning in drought-stricken California. Officials say this weekend's conditions will make the danger even greater.

Citing potential record-low temperatures well below zero degrees, University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto announced Wednesday that UK will close…