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They were sentenced for up to 10 years for violating anti-abortion laws. Some say their pregnancy was a result of rape. Rwanda has now liberalized its abortion laws and pardoned hundreds of the women.

Two months ago, a gunman drove through the preschool at Temple Israel, the largest synagogue in Michigan. Every child and teacher survived, but the community is still displaced and navigating the trauma of the attack.

Climate groups like Just Stop Oil are making headlines for targeting famous works of art in their fossil fuel protests. It's a tactic that other individuals and groups have used over the last century.

When she was starring in Funny Girl on Broadway, Streisand says she'd alter the music slightly each night. Her new memoir is My Name is Barbra. Originally broadcast Nov. 8, 2023.

Coach Dan Mullen also clarified his statement over the weekend to pack Ben Hill Griffin Stadium with 90,000 fans for the LSU game.

The highly anticipated footage was released to the public on Thursday, more than two weeks after the seventh-grader was killed by an officer following an alleyway foot pursuit.

It's the best and worst of times for the U.S. Olympic team at the Winter Games in Turin. The U.S. women won gold and silver medals in the snowboard halfpipe event, but women's downhill medal hopeful Lindsay Kildow crashed in a training run and was rushed to a hospital by helicopter.

In a report released Tuesday, U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman criticizes China and presses it to take steps to improve labor standards and fight copyright piracy. Chinese officials dismiss the report as a show to quiet agitated lawmakers in Congress.

A day after Democratic gubernatorial challenger Beto O'Rourke outlined education policies, Gov. Greg Abbott formed a task force to fill vacant teaching positions.

It would allow employees to waive state minimum wage to participate in work-based learning programs, internships or pre-apprenticeships.

Bruce Lisman is selling a trove of 18th and 19th-century American books and rarities. His collection offers a rare look into the foundations of American literature.

The Turkish government is facing criticism for its response to wildfires that have killed at least eight, and burned more than 500 square miles of forest.

It's easy being green... when it's your birthday: Kermit the Frog turns 50 years old Monday. Barry Gordemer, Morning Edition senior producer and puppeteer, has this birthday tribute to the star of The Muppet Show and countless movies and videos.

Texas laws bar Wall Street firms from operating in the state if they stop investing in firearms and fossil fuels. An analysis shows that has cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars this year.

Arizona's largest hospital system is nearing ICU bed capacity as coronavirus cases surge. Will Humble, the state's ex-health chief, urges a new executive order requiring Arizonans to wear face masks.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Moscow to discuss the West's nuclear standoff with Iran. She's meeting with foreign ministers from the G8 -- the group of eight leading industrial countries. They'll also go over the agenda for next month's G8 summit in Russia's second city, St. Petersburg.

The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush last year was given a three-year prison sentence Thursday by a Baghdad court. Lawyers for Muntadar al-Zaidi say they will appeal the sentence.

Tax returns released by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Friday show that she and former president Bill Clinton have earned more than $109 million since 2000, nearly all of it after they left the White House.

American journalist Roxana Saberi has been freed after more than three months in an Iranian prison.

Lawmakers increased funding for the My Safe Florida Home grant program by $200 million and will now prioritize older and low-income homeowners.

The Supreme Court ruled Monday on whether to uphold the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell on federal corruption charges.

After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, life changed along U.S.-Mexico border towns as border security became a top priority. There's been a thaw, and runners again ran a 10K between El Paso and Juarez.

Housing authority officials across Florida are learning about restrictions proposed by the Trump administration.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Andrew Gregory about his late wife, Casey McIntyre, and the medical debt cancellation fund she set up before she died earlier in November of ovarian cancer.

Forty years after the Challenger disaster, NPR explores the engineers' last-minute efforts to stop the launch, their decades of guilt and the vital lessons that remain critical for NASA today.