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Researchers found a fivefold increase in cases of kids being treated for injuries from swallowed magnets between 2002 and 2011. Small children were tempted by tiny, ball-shaped magnets. Older kids ran into trouble using magnets to simulate body piercings.

San Francisco's DA is facing a wave of criticism and anger after she declined to press charges in the fatal shooting by a drug store security guard of a Black transgender man who was homeless.

There are burgers and sushi, and even the salacious eggplant, but where are the dumplings and salad? Creating a more culturally diverse menu of food emoji is harder than you think.

Correspondents, editors and producers from our newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag. Each weekend, we highlight some of the best stories.

Harry Whittington, the Texas lawyer shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident Saturday, suffers a mild heart attack Tuesday while undergoing evaluation of his condition. Doctors are optimistic about his recovery, but will keep him in the hospital another week.

A grand jury has handed up indictments charging four people in connection with two shooting incidents in Schenectady County.On May 27th while attending a…

Late go-go music legend Chuck Brown had a troubled road to stardom that included time in prison. Host Michel Martin asks whether the America of today still offers the opportunity for redemption that helped Brown find his way.

A Flagstaff woman was reluctant to ask for a kidney donation because she didn't feel worthy. Eventually she did ask. And rather than feeling guilty, she was surprised by how grateful she now is.

Civil rights activists are rallying behind the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, and preparing for the possibility of a rough confirmation process.

The Williamsburg Bray School was an 18th-century, pro-slavery school for educating enslaved and free Black students. A new partnership is calling to educate the public about this history.