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To Make Girl Who Is Deaf Feel At Home, Dozens Of Neighbors Learn Sign Language
"We really wanted to communicate with her and play with her," says Jill McNeil, who lives across the street. "Since she couldn't learn our language, we thought we wanted to learn hers." (Image credit:...
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Hero Killed In UNC-Charlotte Shooting Immortalized As 'Star Wars' Jedi
Riley Howell, who died saving his classmates from a gunman last April, was a Star Wars fan. Now he is a part of the Star Wars universe. (Image credit: Matthew Westmoreland/AP)
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1 Year After Losing Its Hospital, A Rural Town Is Determined To Survive
Anger and fear have turned to pragmatic hope in the year since the people of Fort Scott, Kan., lost their hospital to corporate downsizing. A community health center remains. So far, so good. (Image...
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How The 2010s Were Angela Merkel's Decade
Between the financial crisis and record refugees, the long-serving chancellor "kept a steady hand during a tumultuous time," says one biographer. (Image credit: Olivier Matthys/AP)
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GOP Senator 'Disturbed' By McConnell Coordinating With Trump Staff On...
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a potential Republican swing vote, criticized Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for working closely with the White House ahead of a Senate trial. (Image credit: Bill...
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'Ring Of Fire' Eclipse Sweeps Across Skies In Middle East And Southeast Asia
Instead of the sun's full disk of fire, or a crescent of light, viewers in areas of complete annularity saw a fiery halo around the moon. (Image credit: Louis Kwok/AFP via Getty Images)
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No Sex For Fish: How Women In A Fishing Village Are Fighting For Power
Along Lake Victoria, women fishmongers often engage in transactional sex with fishermen — a practice that contributes to Kenya's high rate of HIV. One group is challenging that convention. (Image...
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Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Targeted In Police Raid
Video of the Thursday raid shows a shower of fiery sparks as the door to Nalvany's Anti-Corruption Foundation office is forced open with power tools. (Image credit: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
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Japan Hangs Chinese Prisoner, First Foreigner Executed In 10 Years
"It is an extremely cruel and brutal case in which the happily living family members ... were all murdered because of truly selfish reasons," Justice Minister Masako Mori said at a news conference....
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'It Changed Our Lives': Banished Native Women Fight Tribal Leaders In Federal...
Banishment in Indian Country is usually used for violent offenders only. But in Utah, some tribal elders are suing in federal court after being banished for what they say are political reasons. (Image...
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Our 10 Most-Read Political Stories Of 2019 Reflect A Shifting Capitol Power...
NPR's top political stories of the year ranged from how incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi would run the House to Robert Mueller's Russia report and the Green New Deal. (Image credit: Chip...
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Opinion: Placenta-Eating Went Mainstream When Many Doctors Stopped Listening
Preparers of pills made from placental tissue have gained online momentum, claiming to support each new mom in her slog to recovery. A historian traces the trend to a mother's need to be heard. (Image...
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Broadway Legend Jerry Herman Is Dead At 88
The Broadway songwriter died in Miami of pulmonary complications, according to his publicist. (Image credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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From A Hashtag To A Movement: #NatSecGirlSquad Empowers Women In National...
#NatSecGirlSquad is focused on placing and promoting women in national security, a field that's overwhelmingly white and male. "We don't want anything special. We just want equal footing." (Image...
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Mozambique Is Racing To Adapt To Climate Change. The Weather Is Winning
Two major cyclones and a prolonged drought in 2019 are a reminder that Mozambique's residents are on the front lines of climate change. And they do not have all the resources they need. (Image credit:...
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