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A grand jury in New York City has decided not to indict a police officer for using a chokehold on a suspect who later died.

There are 13 presidential libraries and soon there will be a 14th, for President Obama. Places vying for the prize stretch from Hawaii to New York. Chicago is so eager it's pitched multiple proposals.

Pope Francis didn't shy away from criticizing his Mexican hosts. He called on the church hierarchy and the country's politicians to work harder for the good of the many and not just the privileged.

Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi grew up hunting for jars of fiery Indian pickles in her grandmother's Chennai kitchen. She writes about food and family in her new memoir, Love, Loss and What We Ate.

9/11 changed the commercial landscape of New York City's Finanical District. In the aftermath, many banks and brokerages moved. Today, Wall Street is a far cry from the financial capital it once was.

Launched in 1971 by Kansas City's Rival Manufacturing, the Crock-Pot was marketed not just as a convenient way to cook, but also as a revolutionary aid for working women.

NPR's Lynn Neary speaks with correspondent John Burnett about the prison escape of Joaquín Guzmán, the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Katarina Hoije, a freelance journalist who is outside the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital where gunmen held at least 170 people this morning.

"I was afraid to come forward because of Mr. Noth's power and his threats to ruin my career," Lisa Gentile said in a press conference. The actor faces multiple accusations of rape and sexual abuse.

With the usual throngs of foreigners absent, Palestinian Muslims and Christians gathered in Manger Square and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to celebrate Christmas.