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The former archbishop of Sydney and high-ranking Vatican official was sentenced in March to six years in prison for abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s.

There have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year, mostly in the Amazon, and about half of which have ignited in just the past month. Some world leaders are raising the alarm.

The city also elected a Muslim mayor, Amer Ghalib, who will be sworn in on Jan. 2.

Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard's chemistry department, has been convicted of lying to the university and the IRS about his ties with China.

The cherry blossoms are finally in bloom in Washington, D.C., and what better way to celebrate these beautiful Japanese gifts than with a haiku? We celebrate the delicate pink petals with poetry submitted by our listeners.

Scientists have been watching with alarm as the world's glaciers and arctic regions are showing more and more signs of melting. They suspect that global climate change -- fueled by industrial and vehicle emissions -- are to blame. But as NPR's Eric Niiler reports, this arctic thaw is also revealing a trove of ancient artifacts from people who dropped them thousands of years ago.

Here's how community members in Uvalde are remembering, processing and reflecting — in their own words.

The exhibition spans decades and includes spoken word performances, sound rituals and installations by Chicano and Puerto Rican artists.

Commentator Marcos McPeek Villatoro shares thoughts on his experience acting as an "extra" on a hit television show.

Two years after the Missouri Supreme Court struck down a similar measure, the state's Republican-led lawmakers passed a bill that would require residents to have photo identification to cast a ballot.