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Donald Hall, a former poet laureate of the United States whose writing explored everything from nature to mortality to the toss of a baseball, has died. Hall began writing when he was 12 years old.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to writer Susan Soper, creator of "The ObitKit" about the challenges of writing someone's obituary.

At this year's World Cup in Russia, at least three female journalists have been sexually harassed while reporting on the soccer tournament. The instances have been recorded as they've reported on-air.

The Supreme Court upheld the Trump administration's travel ban — a policy the president first pledged to enact during the campaign and one that led to more than a year and a half of legal battles and controversy.

The mayor of Gdansk, Poland, has died after he was stabbed on stage at a charity concert on Sunday. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Anna Noryskiewicz about the rise of political violence in Poland.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is more than 70 percent Latino and serves many non-English speaking families. We examine strike awareness among Spanish-speaking parents.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection authorities say they fired tear gas to deter about 150 Central American migrants from climbing over or under the U.S.-Mexico border fence into California.

On the 35th day of the government shutdown, the FAA said it was experiencing "a slight increase in sick leave" at two of its facilities, leading to significant delays at certain airports.

The Vanguard founder created the first index mutual fund for individual investors. Bogle believed investors should own a mix of bonds and stocks but shouldn't pay investment managers to pick them.

The viral 10-Year Challenge on social media could train facial recognition technology on how we age, and potentially be used against us, argues author and tech consultant Kate O'Neill.