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Andrew Wilder, vice president of Asia programs at the United States Institute of Peace, speaks with NPR'S Scott Simon about why the war in Afghanistan intensified in 2015.

In All American Boys, a video of a policeman beating a black student goes viral. The book's authors, Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, talk about how their story is sparking conversations about race.

Russian tourists love the beaches of Egypt and Turkey. But the recent losses of a Russian civilian plane in Egypt and a military plane along the Turkish border have changed their plans.

The country executed 47 people today, including a prominent cleric for the minority Shia in the Kingdom. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was a vocal critic of the Saudi monarchy and was arrested in 2012.

The Grammy-award winning singer Natalie Cole died on Thursday at the age of 65. One of her younger sisters recalls Natalie's musical gifts, her charm and her loyal friendship.

When a company named Astrobotic launches a lunar rover in 2017, the MoonArk will be aboard. It's a lightweight, sturdy "portrait of humanity," carrying the work of more than 200 artists and designers.

Recommendations for who should get mammograms or take cholesterol-lowering drugs are among the medical guidelines that have recently changed.

2016 brings with it an exciting crop of poetry books. Here are our picks for the best verse of the new year.

In senior Washington editor Ron Elving's re-imagined poem, the clatter is on the news — over polls showing "who's now the greatest."

After the Las Vegas Review-Journal was purchased by a mysterious buyer, Editor Mike Hengel oversaw reporting that revealed it was the Adelson family. Then he stunned his newsroom by taking a buyout.