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In Mike Leigh's newest film, Marianne Jean-Baptiste stars as an overly critical woman struggling with her mental health. Leigh and Jean-Baptiste talk with NPR's Scott Simon about "Hard Truths."

AI experts say this is likely the first time that AI has been used in the U.S. to create an impact statement read by an AI rendering of the deceased victim

In her new memoir, author and journalist Beth Macy returns to her hometown of Urbana, Ohio to learn how it changed from a stable working- and middle-class community to a town struggling with poverty.

Quad Cities-based newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises is asking its shareholders to help it fight off a hostile takeover offer from what it calls a "vulture hedge fund," Alden Global Capital.

About 1 in 5 people killed by police since 2015 were having a mental health crisis. Like other cities, Philadelphia is trying a new approach: sending along social workers to respond to those calls.

The convictions come amid a crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong and just days after Chinese officials approved a major overhaul of the territory's electoral system that tightens Beijing's control.

An Afghan man who worked as an interpreter for the U.S. military was desperately trying to get out of the country. Here's how he and his family made it.

Thirty years ago, the National Association of Black Journalists was created. Then, African Americans held few jobs in the new business. A visit to two newsrooms shows what has changed... and what hasn't.

One year ago, an earthquake in the Indian Ocean created a devastating tsunami. In the fishing village of Ondachchimadam, 74 lives were lost, along with hundreds of homes. Life goes on in the village, but the economic and emotional impact is still keenly felt.

A rise in Iraqi deaths due to violence means extra business for specially trained Shiites who perform ritual washing of the dead before burial. One woman has made a living at the task for decades.