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Melody Herzfeld sheltered dozens of students during the February shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School. On Sunday, she'll receive a Tony Award for excellence in education.

Novelist Ariel Dorfman speaks to NPR's Michel Martin about his book Darwin's Ghosts. In it, Dorfman uses fiction to ask a timely question: Can individuals atone for the crimes of their ancestors?

Justify is the 13th horse to capture the title, delivering legendary horse trainer Bob Baffert his second Triple Crown win.

While the nation mourns the loss of the chef, writer and humanitarian, many people in communities on the margins are especially sad at the loss of a friend and champion.

Judge Alison J. Nathan has stopped the deportation of Ecuadorean immigrant Pablo Villavicencio Calderon until at least July 20. He was detained on June 1 while delivering food to a Brooklyn Army base.

Denuclearization and an official end to the Korean War are expected to be on the table in the first-ever meeting between leaders of the U.S. and North Korea.

When Lulabel Seitz started talking about sexual assault allegations in her graduation speech, the mic was cut. NPR's Michel Martin talks to her about the experience.

The Tony Awards paid off for The Band's Visit, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, the Angels in America revival and a scrappy theater kid named Bruce Springsteen.

Carl Nelson and I have spent our first day riding the Rock River Trail. We started in Theresa, Wisconsin— which is not locally pronounced “Ter-ree-sah,”…

Thawing permafrost in Alaska's Arctic is making it harder for oil companies to operate there. But a cottage industry has cropped up with new gadgets to help.