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Through a TeleBraille machine, Melva Washington Toomer talked with her dad, John Carter Washington, for StoryCorps. "If I could help some person," he tells her, "then my living will not be in vain."

Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

The Wildcats' vaunted defense locked down the Tar Heels in the second half, winning the school's second national championship.

Ted Cruz is looking to defeat Donald Trump and pick up a cache of delegates in Wisconsin's primary. Polls show Cruz's support has grown significantly over the past month, giving him a lead over Trump.

Ohio is the 9th largest live Christmas tree producer in the U.S. No one seems to know just how many Christmas trees are grown in the state. But some…

To say the Mid Ohio Food Bank has grown in recent years is an understatement.  Food distribution has grown by about a third over the last five years.…

This year early voting is in a new location. It's larger, has more free parking, it's away from downtown.  For many, the new Morse road early voting…

Flush the toilet in major city, and the waste flows out to the city sewer system. But in 95 percent of Carroll County, there’s no sewer. Private septic…

As fires ravage California, farmworkers are dealing with dangerous air in incredible heat. Hernan Hernandez of the California Farmworker Foundation says there's "nowhere near" enough protective gear.

NPR's Scott Simon recounts what life in California, once the stuff of dreams, has become for too many residents as wildfires, mudslides, earthquakes seem to happen with increasing frequency.