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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Loretta Lynch's nomination to be the next U.S. Attorney General on Thursday. Next stop: a full Senate vote on confirmation.

Ithaca is "gorges". But with all the snow and cold this winter, the town tourism website has surrendered and is directing prospective visitors to the Florida Keys instead.

One person's comfort food is another person's bad memory. For today's Found Recipe, we hear again from chef John Currence.

The four Grammys awarded Sunday night to Sam Smith are good news not just for Sam Smith, but for Tom Petty, too. Petty and another songwriter will get a quarter of the royalties from the hit, "Stay With Me." It's not the first time a pair of songs have striking similarities to one another.

Movie critic Bob Mondello says The Tribe is about big things — love, violence — and made entirely in sign language without any subtitles, voiceovers, or translations of any sort.

NPR's Melissa Block and Audie Cornish read listener letters about race and identity in light of Rachel Dolezal's resignation as president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Wash. Dolezal says she identifies as black, though her parents say she is white.

During the holidays, a number of retailers deck their windows to lure shoppers off the sidewalk. At Lord and Taylor in New York City, a team has been planning this year's display since February.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Chuck Wexler, executive director of Police Executive Research Forum, about the Dallas Police Department's significant reforms and homicide reduction in recent years.

A sniper opened fire at a protest march in Dallas overnight, killing five law enforcement officials and wounding others. The gunmen told police before he was killed that he was working alone, but investigators are continuing to comb through the gunman's electronics and background to determine if that is actually the case.

The United States is awash with concealed handguns. Nearly 13 million Americans have permits to conceal carry mainly over concerns about crime and mass shootings.

Black Chalk hinges on a plot twist that we won't give away. But we will say it's the summer thriller we've been waiting for: about a teenage game that turns dangerous as its players become adults.

Two days after the first anniversary of Michael Brown's death, protesters say they're committed to keeping pressure on officials. But some residents say they're becoming fed up with violent protests.