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Homicides in many U.S. cities are up again this year after rising nearly 30% last year. We look at the impact of the spike in homicides and shootings on one family in Oakland, Calif.

Hit hard by the pandemic, the Philippines has vaccination rates far lower than neighbors like Vietnam and Cambodia. Here's how the country is trying to up its numbers.

Psychology experts say like any jury, the 12 men and women tasked with deciding the Kyle Rittenhouse case come into the courtroom with their own biases that affect how they view evidence.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Douglas Lute about why NATO is at the heart of the tension between Russia and the West and where the alliance might be headed.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Rosemary Sullivan about working on a book that potentially reveals who betrayed Jewish teenage diarist Anne Frank and her family.

NPR's Michel Martin talks upcoming food trends with chef and cookbook author Carla Lalli Music.

Ishiguro, born in Great Britain, is a master of the very English genre of quiet desperation. Never Let Me Go, is a deceptively simple tale set in a bucolic private school that eventually reveals its horrible secret.

Church leaders and mourners pray for Pope John Paul II, whose body lies in the Clementina Hall at the Vatican. Born Karel Wojtyla in Poland 84 years ago, John Paul died in Saturday after 26 years as pope.

We asked people who immigrated to the United States what the day meant to them — and how their feelings about the holiday have changed since they first arrived.

Models used to predict flooding are based on long-term, historical records that do not reflect changes to the climate over the past decade, scientists say..