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Recent attacks against immigrants have reportedly caused at least seven deaths in the country. Accused of incendiary remarks, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini says his comments were taken out of context.

David Letterman approached his final extra-long hour of late night TV on Wednesday with the same self-deprecation as the previous 6,000-plus, but leavened the snark with heaps of nostalgia and praise.

Each year more than 12 million Americans go to the doctor because of severe, chronic headaches. Many are sent for expensive tests. Researchers say all this testing isn't doing people much good.

Part 3in a series on environmental justice issues in the Great Lakes region. At the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve, about 10 men are gathered in a classroom in the Haudenosaunee community center. The older men are teaching younger ones some traditions – on this day, they’re learning about a funeral ritual. But soon, Leroy Hill shifts the conversation to a new topic – water.

The so-called "village movement" coordinates crucial services for the elderly, allowing many to age in their homes. It's now expanded to 200 spots around the U.S., as advocates adapt the model to different communities.

Those who live north of the border, but south of a string of Border Patrol checkpoints, say they feel trapped in what some call "the cage."

Denis Johnson died of liver cancer last year. Now a final collection of short stories by the National Book Award-winning author has been published posthumously. Johnson's first collection of stories, Jesus' Son attracted a devoted following that includes Philip Roth and Zadie Smith.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin about the temperament of past presidents.

The My Lai Massacre occurred 50 years ago this week in Vietnam. An opera featuring the Kronos Quartet and Van-Anh Vanessa Vo tells the story of an American soldier who tried to stop his own troops.

A U.S. aircraft carrier is visiting Vietnam, making it the first one since the Vietnam War. We're looking at that visit from two very different perspectives.