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The meat industry traditionally has been a male-dominated field. But as demand for local meat grows, that's made more room for women to carve out ownership roles in the business.

On a visit to Afghanistan, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif openly condemned the behavior of the Taliban. We examine what's behind the change in rhetoric.

In the past year, four students have died by suicide. The school has responded by asking professors to lighten workloads and is launching new suicide prevention efforts.

Robin Thede's wide-ranging career has included stints in both journalism and comedy. Now, at The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, she's the first black woman to work as a head writer in late night TV.

The eight people killed in the derailment of Amtrak's Northeast Regional Train 188 include a Wall Street executive and a Navy Midshipman. Others are still considered missing or in critical condition.

John Sopko says the Afghans still do a poor job of managing the billions they get from the U.S. and he has documented the abuses. Still, he supports the ongoing U.S. efforts there.

NPR Film Critic Bob Mondello trips down the rabbit hole as he reviews a film that's both a winning romance and a gentle wake-up call for reviewers who forget their role.

68-year-old Cary Raditz recounts his side of the story behind Joni Mitchell's 1972 song about him.

Now that the accuracy of the article about sexual assaults at the school is being called into question, the conversation is changing and activists hope the attention will stay on sexual assault.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a statement Friday marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Asian countries, who were invaded by Japan during the war, closely watched the speech.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Natalia Imperatori-Lee, associate professor of religious studies at Manhattan College, about Pope Benedict's letter about sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.

PBS premieres a new version of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, starring Dominic West of The Wire and The Affair. This version has no music and tries to be closer to the source material.

Roger Stone worked on the Trump campaign in 2016. His communications about the release of the personal emails from the Clinton campaign chairman have raised the interest of the special counsel.

After airing a piece featuring a federal worker who wasn't sure if he could get his son a birthday present, a number of NPR listeners wrote to us wanting to help.

In Venezuela, the stakes are rising in the internationally-backed drive to oust President Nicolás Maduro as his challenger stages a rally in the capital. The U.S. warned the regime not to touch him.

Former Trump associate Roger Stone was arrested Friday following an indictment alleging he obstructed an official proceeding, made false statements and tampered with witnesses.

After weeks of talks that often appeared on the verge of collapse, a group of 20 Senate Republicans and Democrats reached agreement on a bill funding roads, bridges, transit projects and broadband.

The new measure would vastly expand the number of officers who can determine whether a migrant at the southern U.S. border is eligible for asylum.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with sports psychologist Dr. Mark Aoyagi about the way athletes deal with psychological pressure at the Olympics.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Buzzfeed reporters Jessica Garrison and Ken Bensinger about the militia group that tried to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from the state capitol building.