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Christie's and Sotheby's auction houses in New York have been holding their spring auctions and such well-known names as Monet have set records. There have also been surprises.

Google has introduced a future feature called "Duplex." It can make outgoing calls to schedule appointments and it has all the characteristics of real human speech. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Shane Mac, CEO of Assist about the technology and the ethical questions it raises.

The Department of Defense plans to start building tent encampments on two military bases in Texas to house migrant families apprehended at the border.

The latest Marvel adaptation — about two teens with strangely linked super-powers — is so concerned with being a character-based drama it starts out slow and talky, but sticking with it pays off.

The feat has been compared to the four-minute mile or a two-hour marathon — "but vertically," one climber adds. Still, they beat the impossibly steep odds Wednesday in California's Yosemite Valley.

The volcano spewed billowing clouds of ash into the sky — and more dangerously, sent a deadly mix of lava, pumice and gas speeding toward villages on Sunday. Authorities fear the death toll may rise.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Guardian reporter Jamiles Lartey about the shutdown's disproportionate effect on African-Americans, who make up more of the federal workforce than the workforce at large.

The 13-year-old died two days after he was physically restrained by a staff member at a private school that provides special education services to students in California.

The U.S. currently has more economic sanctions in place than at any other time in history. That begs the question: Do sanctions actually work?

When Nikki and Danny Miller's two young sons developed strange symptoms, they began searching for a diagnosis. Their odyssey ended when a team of medical sleuths solved the case.