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The Texas governor leaves a race he once led. He throws his support to the former House speaker. "There is no viable path forward for me," Perry told supporters this morning in South Carolina.

Gov. Sam Brownback plans to get rid of Kansas' income tax and cut the size of state government. Some lawmakers say it's a great experiment that will show that lower tax rates and streamlined bureaucracy can stimulate growth; others are concerned about overreaching.

Danica Patrick became the first woman to win a pole in NASCAR's elite division, but that doesn't mean her No. 1 position at the start of Sunday's Daytona 500 will give her an edge. Experts say that a 40-pound weight advantage might not help either.

Innovative athletes combine the elite sport of golf with the popular sport of soccer. Et, voila! FootGolf.

In Corpus Christi, TX, people are making preparations for Hurricane Harvey. The storm is expected to make landfall along the Texas coast sometime Friday night.

When homeowners can't, or won't, pay their property taxes, local governments auction off the right to pay those taxes to private companies. Housing advocates say this creates a burden for homeowners.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., about a letter he signed with other former senators, urging the current Senate to rise above party affiliation and ideology.

Archaeologists are working to identify historic sites that are threatened by rising sea levels in Florida. If they can't be preserved, efforts will be made to document them before they're lost.

In an interview with NPR, the vice president defended the administration's response to the coronavirus but acknowledged that the government expects to be dealing with the crisis "for months."

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has issued a statement Friday, condemning racism and saying the football league was wrong for not listening to its players' concerns about racism and police brutality.