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"Amazing Grace" has become a pop, folk and gospel standard since Englishman John Newton, a slave trader-turned-abolitionist, wrote the words in the 1700s. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Steve Turner about his new book and the song's remarkable history.

But the justice was philosophical about the outcome: "I wrote a dissent — and that's the way it works," he said. The decision was part of what court watchers call the "shadow docket."

A new breakthrough deal for sharing the over-promised Colorado River has been reached by the seven states that share it.

Marium became an Internet hit as people marveled over videos of her being cared for by scientists in Thailand. An autopsy revealed plastic pieces in her intestines.

"At this moment of enormous national significance, there should be unity here in Westminster," Theresa May said in the surprise announcement, as the U.K. prepares to leave the European Union.

A cloud of economic gloom settles over Britain as the government announces big tax rises and spending cuts over the next five years.

In an interview with NPR, the vice president said the court's recent decisions on race, LGBTQ+ protections and student loans are "an attack on foundational freedoms and on the access to opportunity."

Scientists in New Zealand have discovered what they believe may be a rare spade-toothed whale - a creature that's never been spotted alive at sea.

Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

Crowds filled a stadium in Arizona to remember the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

Discussions of a border wall happen at the intersection of environmental and civil rights.

The $1.7 trillion spending bill just signed into law contains a 6-year delay on new federal fishing regulations that would have kept lobster fishermen off the water in some areas for months at a time.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chair of the House Intelligence Committee, about the continuing investigation on the Hill about Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The National Ambassador for Young People's Literature, Gene Luen Yang passed the baton to his successor Jacqueline Woodson on Tuesday. NPR takes a look at where young people's literature is now and where the new ambassador would like to take it in the coming year.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Amy Jeffress, former counselor to the attorney general for national security and international matters, about Trump's claims he asked Comey if he was under investigation.

The CEOs tell Congress that the giant American tech companies do not stifle competition, saying the concern that too much power is concentrated in too few companies is unfounded.

The election comes about two months after President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office following his impeachment for declaring martial law in the country.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with professor Leonard Cassuto and former university administrator Robert Weisbuch about their new book.

2022 was a tumultuous year in the United Kingdom when the leaders of two major British institutions exited the stage. What does 2023 hold for the U.K.?

One of the goals of controversial wolf hunts in the Western U.S. is to help reduce the burden on ranchers, who lose livestock to wolves every year. A new study finds that those hunts have had a measurable, but small effect on livestock depredations.