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The Harlem Hellfighters, who became legends for their service during World War I, were honored this week with a Congressional Gold Medal.

It's illegal for casinos in Nevada to take bets from out of state. But that didn't stop one subsidiary of a Wall Street firm from trying.

In a new album, the youngest ever Van Cliburn winner puts his own stamp on Tchaikovsky's undervalued set of piano pieces called The Seasons.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Weihua Li, a data reporter for The Marshall Project, on the FBI's new and incomplete crime report and consequences for the public.

The migrants and refugees streaming into Europe aren't traveling on their own. Leonard Doyle, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration, explains who the smugglers are and how their networks get migrants into Europe.

Climate scientists say global emissions of carbon dioxide seem to have dipped a bit in 2015, though the world economy is still growing. China's reduced use of coal may be the main reason.

Uncommitted voters are angry that they have so far been denied a speaking slot at the DNC. It has been a discordant note in an otherwise celebratory event.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with hot pepper expert Ed Currie about Pepper X, which was named the hottest pepper in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records.

U.S. soccer legend Abby Wambach draws a question from the Wild Card deck. She tells NPR's Rachel Martin why she's okay with the idea of being forgotten.

Ukraine appears on the verge of launching a counteroffensive, hoping to take back the territory that Russia has occupied. But one Ukrainian official is hoping for more.