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Housing prices are still falling nationwide, but some analysts see reason for optimism in the real estate market. Home listings are dropping closer to healthy market levels, and some real estate agents report more interest among would-be buyers.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder visited the White House to brief President Obama on the latest federal response to unrest in Ferguson, Mo. FBI agents are set to finish canvassing for witnesses to the shooting of Michael Brown, and more federal peacemakers will arrive to try to ease tensions.

U.K. company Freed of London now sells ballet shoes for dancers of color — 200 years after the invention of white ones. It's good news for dancers who've long painted their shoes to match their skin.

Fifteen years after 9/11, the battle against terrorist groups has gone high tech with the leveling of what Defense Secretary Ash Carter called cyber bombs. NPR looks at how this cyber war is being waged against ISIS and what it means for the future fight against terror.

Five police officers were killed and another seven wounded by gunfire on Thursday at the end of a march protesting the deaths of two black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota.

After last week's acquittal of another police officer charged in Freddie Gray's death, many say they will press even harder for systemic police reforms. NPR looks at the many obstacles to police accountability and efforts to address them.

Residents of Elizabeth City, N.C., are pressing for answers after a Black man, Andrew Brown Jr., was shot dead by a sheriff's deputy carrying out a search warrant on Wednesday.

Brown tree snakes came to Guam aboard ships and planes decades ago. Since then, they've devastated the local bird population. Federal researchers continue to experiment with a unique way to kill the invaders: Drop mice laced with poison into the trees where the snakes hang out.

Nearly a year since the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the protesters for whom Brown's death became a rallying cry have moved their activism off the streets and behind the scenes.

As anxious and dispirited voters trudge to the polls, we look at what they're thinking about on Election Day.