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Before the launch of ESPN's digital site The Undefeated, which will focus on minorities and sport, Editor-in-Chief Kevin Merida explains why the cross section of sports, culture and race is important.

Later this month, President Obama will become the first serving U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, since the city was hit by an atomic bomb.

The heat came early to India, and everyone is suffering. Here's a report from our village correspondent.

A cooking show featuring Kim Jong Un is reportedly a hit in North Korea. Though it's a setup ripe for satire, NPR's Scott Simon says millions of starving North Koreans make it too serious for jokes.

The campaign says it no longer needs so many staff for the remaining contests left on the calendar, but the move could be a sign of trouble.

There's a controversy in the world of curling. New broom technology is changing the way the game is played — making it too easy, players like Brad Gushue say. So, researchers tried to find a solution.

The TBS slapstick cop comedy is back for a second season, and it's just as ridiculous and fast-paced as it's been all along.

Lots of psychology studies fail to produce the same results when they are repeated. Does that mean we shouldn't trust science?

The head of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication acknowledged at least two security breaches in addition to February's spectacular theft involving Bangladesh's central bank.

Archaeologist Heather Knight tells NPR's Scott Simon about how the Curtain Theatre, where Shakespeare staged early plays, was rectangular and not round.