Producer Vivien Schütz presents the story of Gina Velasquez, who progressively lost her vision due to an HIV/AIDS diagnosis decades ago.

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As the Trump administration moves to quickly expand immigration detention space, a series of standoffs have emerged between ...

Bestselling Swedish writer Fredrik Backman says he never struggled with his confidence as much as he did writing his new book, My Friends. In fact, he was seriously considering retiring.

The likelihood that the newly elected pope has consumed a Chicago style hot dog is not zero. And that means something.

Faulty DNA tests being used in criminal cases in Texas could impact about 700 cases. Under some circumstances, these tests were incorrectly coming back as insufficient DNA to test.

A federal judge in San Francisco appeared ready to temporarily block the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of the federal government.

For close watchers of the Catholic Church, the election of a U.S. pope seemed impossible. The "Trump effect" on the U.S. and ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the numbers of measles cases in the country on Friday. Here's ...

Vice President Vance said the fighting between India and Pakistan was "fundamentally none of our business." Experts say the U.S. used to work hard to de-escalate crises between the nuclear states.

Pope Leo is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we know ...

NPR has learned that rules must now be vetted by the White House and that the administration is drafting an executive order ...