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A 4-year-old child in India who was raped and hospitalized has died. Two suspects have been arrested.

Everyone who lost a home to the Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado seems to have a story about stuff: the stuff they grabbed as they fled, the treasures they forgot to pack. Colorado Public Radio's Megan Verlee reports on what it means to start over.

Steve Almond's new book is a powerful polemic laying out the reasons he, a longtime passionate football fan, is giving up the sport.

A new study shows students' self-image suffers in middle school and junior high. And it's not just hard on low-income kids. Having a teacher who understands the teenage brain can help.

How the bail system and bond industry exploit class differences.Why a San Quentin prison guard was able to come out as transgender everywhere but her…

Nearly 10,000 mourners jammed the basketball arena on the campus of Baylor University to honor the men who died fighting a fertilizer fire last week. At least 14 people died in the explosion in the little town of West just north of Waco.

Three journalists who work for Al-Jazeera have been sentenced to prison terms — two for seven years and a third for 10 years — by an Egyptian court. The three men were accused of aiding terrorists.

Two journalists in Cairo got seven years in prison and third received 10 years. Egypt's government accused them of helping the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Steven Ginsberg of The Washington Post, Susan Glasser of Politico, and Philip Klein of the Washington Examiner talk about covering Donald Trump's campaign and sexual assault.

For many students, Saturday was their first demonstration for a cause. They bundled in the U.S. capital, delivering a defiant message: stricter gun regulation. NPR photographers captured the scene.

Ivan Garcia is only 15 years old, but he’s already working with Oakland city officials, and was appointed by Mayor Libby Schaaf to the city’s Youth…

On today's show a muralist for the Warriors encourages us to dream big. Then, we visit the West Oakland studio of a painter who created pieces for the Valkyries. And, an artist tells a touching story about a MUNI driver who changed his life.