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Spencer Wood, a regional election security advisor with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, addresses election workers, staff and law enforcement April 10, 2024, at a Committee of Safe and Secure Elections conference in Traverse City, Mich. A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. The committee, formed after the 2020 presidential election, is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead. Wood told the attendees they were not facing the threats alone and praised them as the “frontline defenders” of the nation’s elections. (AP Photo/John L. Russell)

Local election workers fear threats to their safety as November nears. One group is trying to help

A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety.

It's legal for police to use deception in interrogations. Advocates want that to end

Ten states have passed laws to ban the practice of lying to juveniles in custody during police interrogations. Now, one state wants to extend the ban to adults too.

Detroit Pistons head coach Monty Williams looks on during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Washington Wizards, Friday, March 29, 2024, in Washington.

John U. Bacon: Pistons' dismissal of Williams after one season was expensive, but necessary

Michigan Public's John U. Bacon reflects on Monty Williams' short stint with the Pistons, Caitlin Clark's dashed Olympic hopes, and Willie Mays' lasting baseball legacy.

From left to right: Former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley during the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday.

Climate change made it in the GOP debate. Some young Republicans say that's a win

Climate change is a top issue for young voters across political parties, but most of the Republican presidential candidates avoided the question.

Frail chimps headed from New Mexico to Louisiana sanctuary

About two dozen chimpanzees deemed too feeble to be moved a few years ago will be going to Chimp Haven after all. The NIH said originally they'd be kept in New Mexico for their own safety.

In a debate over a school name, it's not just parents who are attached to the past

At the height of the racial reckoning, a school district in Virginia voted to rename two schools that had been previously named for Confederate generals. This month, that decision was reversed.

Do you have a loved one who votes differently than you? Tell NPR about it

Have you recently dumped a partner over their politics? Or chosen to stay friends with someone who voted differently this year? NPR wants to hear how politics have impacted relationships.

Hugh Grant shows his dark side in 'Heretic'

In Heretic, Hugh Grant plays the villain. He tells Morning Edition that actors are drawn to the bad guys "rather than the dreary, goody-two-shoes lead."

Police officers stand at a cordon in the city center in the early morning in Solingen, Germany, on Saturday, following Friday's deadly attack at the city's 650th anniversary celebrations.

German police detain a suspect in knife attack that killed 3

The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility for the knife attack in Solingen, Germany, that killed three people and wounded eight others at a crowded festival.

Kendrick Lamar performs during "The Pop Out — Ken & Friends," his June 19 concert event at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif.

Kendrick Lamar takes the West Coast off standby

Lamar's blowout Juneteenth concert, held at the Forum in Los Angeles and live-streamed on Amazon Music, planted flags for the future of LA rap, while uniting in hate for a certain Toronto titan.

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