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Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds died within hours of each other. Todd Fisher talks with NPR's Scott Simon about losing his sister and mother and his new memoir My Girls.

The Pieper twins were killed in the 1944 D-Day Normandy invasion. Last month, they were laid to rest together in a military cemetery in France — thanks to a Nebraska teen's school history project.

Brian Hook, a State Department adviser on Iran, talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about why the administration thinks reimposing sanctions on Iran is an effective policy.

A lawsuit alleging that Harvard discriminates against Asian-American applicants has brought affirmative action into the news. One group that's paying attention? Asian-American high school seniors.

The weeks-long battle over "hanging chads" that ultimately landed the fate of the presidency in the U.S. Supreme Court, continues to cast a long shadow over the nation's political psyche.

Fifty years ago, Shirley Chisholm became the first African-American woman elected to Congress. As part of our series on significant events from 1968, we examine Chisholm's life and work.

Ohio is the latest Republican-led state to pass a ban on abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. But Tennessee this week backed off a similar bill, fearing costly legal battles. What now?

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., says his panel is investigating allegations of obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power by the president and other officials.

Food assistance in the form of SNAP benefits came early this month owing to the shutdown. But in Pennsylvania, recipients are spending the benefits quickly, and there may be no new funds for February.

An estimated 3,000 people died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria. Most of those deaths occurred weeks or months after the hurricane made landfall — often because of problems with health care.