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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that bars professional teams there from treating their cheerleaders as independent contractors. The bill came after lawsuits alleged the cheerleaders were underpaid.

Jurors in federal court awarded $25.6 million to a former Starbucks regional manager who alleged that she and other white employees were unfairly punished after the arrests of two Black men in 2018.

Saudi Arabia's terrorism court says Loujain al-Hathloul, who's been in prison since 2018, incited changes to the kingdom's laws and used the Internet to push a foreign agenda.

(aired Thu 6/09/22) This evening, the Chattanooga Festival of Black Arts and Ideas comes to Proof Bar and Restaurant with an opening reception with Festival's featured visual artist La-Tesia Danielle and saxophonist Frank Bumpass.

Seasons and cycles abound in life, in nature, in stories. Margaret Renkl captures their rhythms in her new book, “The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year." On Monday, November 6th, she comes to Chattanooga's Riverview Park Amphitheater, presented by The Book & Cover.

The convictions come amid a crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong and just days after Chinese officials approved a major overhaul of the territory's electoral system that tightens Beijing's control.

The Chattanooga Parks and Outdoors Plan - now before the City Council for consideration - is a road map of commitments, from the short term to the long term, that would reinvent Chattanooga as a “city in a park" over the next generation.

Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom: the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans after the end of the Civil War. In downtown Chattanooga, one of the celebrations for this year’s holiday on Wednesday will be at the Bessie Smith Cultural Center.

NPR has spent the past few weeks catching up with student loan experts and asking the Trump administration for clarity on some of borrowers' biggest questions.

Trump's previous executive order caused chaos at airports and inspired protests and dozens of lawsuits. The new version omits Iraq, doesn't apply to existing visas and isn't in effect immediately.