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Santa Barbara County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato is planning to retire as the county's top non-elected official in July of 2026. She's credited with helping to improve the county's financial stability since taking the post in 2013.

Santa Barbara County leader announces retirement plans

County Executive Officer Mona Miyasato said she will step down in July, after more than 12 years of service as the county's top non-elected official.

SCOTUS hears arguments about accommodating workers' religious views

At the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, the justices heard arguments in a case testing how far employers must go to accommodate the religious views of their employees.

Supreme Court conservatives seem divided in major religion case

The justices heard arguments Tuesday in a case about how far employers must go to accommodate the religious views of their employees.

Matthew McConaughey speaks onstage at Carnegie Hall on Feb. 29, 2020 in New York City.

Matthew McConaughey says he won't run for Texas governor in 2022

After months of dropping hints and dodging specifics, Matthew McConaughey has finally announced his much-speculated-about plans for the Texas governor race: He won't be running in it.

Alessandra Korap Munduruku, one of this year's winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, afloat in her native Sawré Muybu Indigenous Territory in Brazil. She was honored for her activism to protect the rainforest from industrial projects. "So our rights are being violated. Everything going on here is wrong," she said. "We can't just sit here and do nothing."

How a Brazilian activist stood up to mining giants to protect her ancestral rainforest

Indigenous activist Alessandra Korap Munduruku was one of this year's recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots activists.

Lollipop, the latest version of Google's Android OS, brings Material Design to phones, tablets and wearables.

Google's Lollipop Wants To Change The Way We Use Our Phones

The latest update to Google's Android operating system is more than just a facelift. It's an introduction to the future of Google's Web.

Sending a text to a friend can bring a smile to your face. Now, research suggests it could also help bring long-term health benefits.

What's the #1 thing to change to be happier? A top happiness researcher weighs in

There are plenty of factors in life that contribute to happiness. But could keeping in touch with your loved ones be the most important?

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on April 28. Stocks sank on Friday, ending a miserable month for Wall Street.

Here are 3 reasons why stocks are tanking

Stocks were pummeled on Friday with the Nasdaq slumping more than 4% to post its worst month since 2008. Why things have gotten so bad in Wall Street.

Tech CEOs say the era of 'code by AI' is here. Some software engineers are skeptical

While AI is increasingly used to write code, every line is still reviewed by humans. Some engineers complain about having to clean up AI-generated code.

Brandon Carter

Brandon Carter is an assistant producer on NPR's Washington Desk. He manages the NPR Politics social media accounts, writes and produces stories for the web and writes for the NPR Politics weekly newsletter.

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