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The Oscar-winning actor starred in films like In the Heat of the Night and To Sir, With Love, and helped pave way for other Black actors in Hollywood. He died Jan. 6. Originally broadcast in 2000.

Fifty years ago, Title IX banned discrimination based on sex in educational institutions. College sports had to change. This is the story of how four women fought to make that happen.

An increase in COVID-19 cases at Cornell University has forced officials to shut down the Ithaca campus amid final exams and a graduation ceremony.

The latest consumer prices report is expected to show annual inflation in April was a little lower than the month before — cold comfort to people whose paychecks don't go as far as they used to.

Authorities uncover more about the Texas gunman's activity leading up to the massacre. The town mourns the loss of 19 children and two teachers. Experts share tips on how to prevent the next tragedy.

A federal jury in Tacoma, Wash., found that private prison contractor, the GEO Group, underpaid detainees who provided menial services in the facility

At least six people have been reported killed and more injured in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, where missile strikes were reported.

People in Sri Lanka have endured months of food and fuel shortages — the island nation's worst economic crisis in decades. The prime minister tendered his resignation amid violent protests.

States continue to struggle getting rental assistance to those facing eviction. The money is there, but it's not getting distributed. One Oregon county has hired navigators to help get the money out.

World leaders recently announced a $20 billion deal to help get Indonesia off coal power. But there are doubts about the deal, because — for one thing — the country is building brand new coal plants.

NPR's Rachel Martin spoke to Dariia Hirna, a Ukrainian journalist and a human rights activists, as she tried to flee the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in her car.

Anne Rice, the novelist whose best-selling gothic tales, reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragic antiheroes, died Saturday due to complications from a stroke, her son Christopher Rice said.