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In 1961, Chiang opened San Francisco's The Mandarin, a high-end Chinese restaurant that served authentic fare. Today, her DNA is all over American Chinese food, from P.F. Chang's to Panda Express.

Robert and his wife Jeannie Graetz faced bombs and KKK death threats for their role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, but their Black friends and neighbors protected them.

NPR remembers the Rev. Reginald Foster — perhaps the world's foremost Latin scholar. He was the official translator for four popes and inspired Roman tour guides for Latin enthusiasts worldwide.

Longtime CIA psychiatrist Jerrold Post has died of COVID-19 at 86. Post analyzed foreign leaders for U.S. intelligence agencies and the White House. He later controversially profiled President Trump.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jesselyn Radack, a former Department of Justice lawyer who represents government whistleblowers, about the implications of revealing the identity of a whistleblower.

As the federal government raises alarm bells about foreign influence on college campuses, some are trying to find the right balance between openness and national security.

The man known as "The Godfather of Snowboarding" died Wednesday at the age of 65. Jake Burton Carpenter brought the sport to the masses, through the company he founded.

Investigators say they're treating the shooting at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla. as terrorism.

His name meant "servant of God," a title given to him by a Hindu mystic he met in India in the '60s. Ram Dass wrote books popularizing New Age thinking and toured the U.S. lecturing about mindfulness.

High school football coach Herman Boone of Alexandria, Va., who was portrayed in the movie Remember the Titans, died Wednesday at age 84.