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Sri Lankans mourned the deaths of more than 300 people who were caught in Easter Sunday's coordinated church and hotel bombings. Officials blamed the National Thowfeek Jamaath, a local militant group.

Sally came ashore as a Category 2 hurricane, pushing a surge of ocean water onto the coast and dumping torrential rain. Forecasters expect the storm to cause dangerous flooding.

A string of Jehovah's Witnesses have been convicted since Russia's Supreme Court banned the Christian denomination as an "extremist organization" in 2017.

President Trump's legal team made its opening arguments in a rare Saturday session. His lawyers argue he's done nothing wrong and that he acted within his powers last year in the Ukraine affair.

Across the country, efforts are underway to change the names of birds that commemorate a colonial and racist past. It's part of an effort to move birdwatching away from being a mainly white activity.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Linda Rivas, the Executive Director Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, about the conditions for migrants on the Mexican side of the U.S. border.

NASA and SpaceX plan to launch astronauts to the International Space Station on Wednesday. It'll be the first time a new kind of spacecraft has launched astronauts into orbit since the space shuttle.

This year, the NBA welcomed several elite prospects who skipped college to play for a new minor league team. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim about the team, Ignite.

The New York congressman was sentenced to 21 months after he sent an explicit photo of himself to a 15-year-old girl.

The world of matchmaking won't have to rely on luck as much as math, thanks to Yunseo Choi. The 18-year-old came up with a matching theory that can be applied to people looking for a life partner.

It's possible to seriously consider the left's preoccupation with public shaming, its increasingly repetitive vocabulary of resistance and privilege — and do it well. But that's not been done here.

One city that saw a surge of federal resources to crack down on crime is Albuquerque. The city is now taking a novel approach to dealing with crime without the use of federal resources.