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From The Newsroom: Social Media ‘First Responders,’ Meyerson Acoustics

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:A growing number of airlines are hiring social media first responders to help with customer…

From The Newsroom: Investigating Domestic Violence, Beautifying Computer Code

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:The Dallas Police Department has made changes in its domestic violence unit after several cases…

From The Newsroom: School Finance Ruling, Farmer’s Market Redo

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:School districts are applauding the decision that could lead to an overhaul of the way Texas…

From The Newsroom: Antiquing With Bitcoin, Remembering A Healthcare Pioneer

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:There’s a new kind of ATM in town and it doesn’t spit out dollar bills. It’s a Bitcoin ATM and…

From The Newsroom: Cornyn’s Campaign, Radioshack’s Troubles

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom:With the election less than two months away, we’re starting a series of interviews with…

From The Newsroom: Returning Weapons, Spotlighting Artists

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom: Surplus military weapons, things like night vision goggles and rifles, have been sent to school…

Ava DuVernay Focuses On The Central Park 5's Perspective: 'Now People Know'

DuVernay's Netflix series, When They See Us, tells the story of how five black and brown teenagers were manipulated into confessing to a brutal rape they did not commit.

Voters cast their ballots during early voting in Bowling Green, Ohio. Early voting began Oct. 2 in the battleground state, five weeks before Election Day on November 6.

Does Voting Early Prompt Hasty Choices?

Voting can be a chore, but getting more people to vote by allowing early voting may not be doing the candidates or the electorate any favors.

The crowded scene on "Black Friday" at Macy's in Manhattan. The U.S. population is projected to hit 400 million in 2051, Census says, up from 321 million in 2015.

Census: U.S. Continues To Get Older And More Diverse; Though More Slowly

The nation's population is now projected to become "majority-minority" in 2043, the Census Bureau says. Meanwhile, the average age will continue to rise as Americans live longer, birth rates continue to decline and immigration slows.

The Plan B pill, one version of the morning-after pill, is available without a prescription, except for women 17 and younger.

More Women Turn To Morning-After Pill

A study finds those who used emergency contraception were about evenly divided between in their reasons. About half said it was because another contraceptive method had failed and half cited unprotected sex.

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