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While Chief Executive Carrie Lam vowed to listen "humbly" to voters, her backers in Beijing broadcast defiance. The election gave protesters a symbolic win, but its tangible impact remains in doubt.

Life doesn't go according to plan for the family at the center of this wrenching drama. But while Wavesdoesn't peddle easy redemption, it does offer what feels like a state of grace.

With lockdown drills now commonplace in public schools, experts question if they're doing more harm than good. "We don't light a fire in the hallway to practice fire drills," one professor tells NPR.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole about Brexit, and where Ireland fits in to the conversation after the recent elections in the United Kingdom.

A Finnish game lets players pretend to be trolls spreading fake news on social media. The idea is that if people understand how disinformation campaigns are built, they will be more skeptical of them.

At Shenandoah University, students are learning the ins and outs of the esports business.

A candidate for re-election to a Hamilton County office who can't get the endorsement of his or her party is a true rarity in local politics.

The nation's trivia geeks will descend on Chicago this weekend to compete in the "Oscars of trivia." Teams are now gearing up for the big game called The Geek Bowl.

Anna Burns gained fame in 2018 when her third novel, Milkman, won the Man Booker Prize. Little Constructions is her second novel, about a woman's vendetta against her violent, abusive brother-in-law.

British press boycotted a briefing from Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he banned some reporters. Oxford political communication professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.