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Actor Don Cheadle, who starred in a movie about the Rwanda genocide of 1994, is urging citizens to speak out to help end suffering in Darfur. He is the co-author of a book that maintains that people can influence their governments to act.

Ten years ago today, news started trickling out of Colorado about a shooting at a high school called Columbine. It didn't take long for the news media to descend, and reporter Dave Cullen was one of the first journalists on the story.

As summer wraps up, we look back on the books that defined the season.

Liberal Sen. Bernie Sanders and conservative Sen. Rand Paul used a hearing on emergency room use to engage in an unusual debate about whether health care is a right.

The Tiny Desk blooms with the stanzas, sounds and legacy of jazz poetry.

The government is sitting on billions of dollars owed to ordinary people — who often don't know the money is there. Here's where the money is.

Thousands of people die in custody each year, usually during an arrest or while incarcerated.

NPR retracts a story that did not meet its standards.

Venezuela is reeling from two massive earthquakes Wednesday night.

Two years ago this week, Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina. The storm's record rainfall swamped low-lying communities and isolated mountain residents for days on end.