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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Alissa Walker, urbanism editor of Curbed, about the 80 percent rise in pedestrian deaths in Los Angeles since the mayor launched his initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities two years ago. This comes as pedestrian deaths nationwide are at a 33-year high.

Nestled at the corner of 17th Street and Constitution Avenue in D.C., sits a diminutive, storied house that once belonged to a lockkeeper. It has stood strong while the capital has changed around it.

Rose, 17, was shot dead after fleeing a traffic stop last week, sparking days of protest. Officer Michael Rosfeld, 30, was arrested and charged on Wednesday and released after posting bail.

When he was 11 years old, Soumana Saley had never been to school — but he knew what he wanted to do with his life.

Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department's inspector general, took questions Tuesday from lawmakers about the voluminous report his office released last week.

Mrs. Trump visited a children's shelter in McAllen, Texas. But much of the online chatter was about a jacket she wore — with the president himself tweeting about the garment and its message.

Howard Shu, the sole U.S. men's singles player in badminton, is hoping to make an impact in a sport that's largely dominated by Asian countries.

Nearly a million embryos are in frozen storage in the U.S. Some couples feel ambivalent, even after their family is complete, so put off deciding what to do with what some call their 'maybe babies.'

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to California Attorney General Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention about the Democrats' positions on Black Lives Matter and criminal justice reform.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says payments from U.S. refiners will go into an escrow account until Juan Guaidó or another leader replaces President Nicolás Maduro.