A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.

One of Khartoums oldest and most loved hotels has survived coups, wars, and even a bomb attack, but it couldn't weather Sudan's civil war.

President Trump will attend the Group of Seven political and economic summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all the people serving on a national vaccine advisory board. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Edwin Asturias, one of the doctors who was sacked.

Authorities are looking for 57-year-old Vance Boelter, who is suspected of shooting two Minnesota state lawmakers.

A former Minnesota House speaker and her husband were killed and a state senator and his wife were wounded in targeted ...

As the crisis in Haiti deepens, a record number of people have been forced to leave their homes due to gang violence according to the United Nations.

Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, ...

Justine Kenin is an editor on All Things Considered. She joined NPR in 1999 as an intern. Nothing makes her happier than getting a book in the right reader's hands – most especially her own. Mary ...

Israeli entrepreneur Shahar Segal is behind two well-known food ventures. One is a sensation: a restaurant group with a Michelin star. The other is a controversy: a program in Gaza mired in violence.

A day after a plane crash that killed at least 240 people, India's state-run media reports that its aviation watchdog has ordered Air India to undertake extra safety checks on its Boeing 787 planes.

Viswashkumar Ramesh was on his way home to London when tragedy struck. In hospital interviews, he explains how he made his ...