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Police say a gunman opened fire and killed nine people during a Wednesday prayer meeting at one of the city's oldest historically black churches. They've arrested 21-year-old Dylann Roof.

You're probably anxious about the results, but patience may truly be a virtue on election night. Here's how to approach the evening.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Steve Coll, dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, about his new book, Directorate S: The C.I.A and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016.

The Senate voted to approve the $9 billion rescission package early Thursday.

A law prohibiting unlicensed dancing in New York City lived long past its original intent. DJ and producer Louie Vega celebrates its repeal with a 91-song playlist, one for each year of its lifetime.

The Bollywood film "Pad Man" is the real-life story of a tinkerer obsessed with manufacturing low-cost sanitary napkins.

Utah passes a law that lets kids roam without parental supervision. We’ll look at the free-range parenting movement.

A new father embarks on another big journey: teaching at a startup charter high school in Brooklyn.

From grassrootsy Bernie Sanders to millionaire-fueled Jeb Bush, FEC data can tell you a lot about how a campaign is running.

For the occasion of its half-centennial, cultural critic and poet Hanif Abdurraqib takes the measure of Stevie Wonder's unmatchable artistic achivements in the early-to-mid '70s.