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"Tsunami" has been all over the news since a powerful earthquake sent a wall of water into northeastern Japan on March 11. It's a word that comes from Japan and dates from more than 1,000 years ago.

Legal experts say the jury's verdict could come down to how well the prosecution made its central argument that Rittenhouse was the aggressor and not just acting in self-defense, as he claims.

Authorities in England have arrested four men in connection with Sunday's deadly blast, which took place in a taxi outside a women's hospital. They say a motive is not yet known.

Attorneys and activists lauded the jury verdict that found three white men guilty in the murder of a 25-year-old Black man.

Kevin Birmingham's deeply researched biography details the radical political fervor that almost destroyed Dostoevsky's life — and the real-life murder that inspired Crime and Punishment.

Sex is such an inextricable part of pop music, it's easy to overlook, but NPR Music critic Ann Powers rectifies that in her new book, a portrait of America's obsession with sex as it manifests in pop.

J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao are accused of violating Floyd's civil rights by failing to provide him with medical aid during the May 2020 arrest in Minneapolis.

Malik was sworn in on Monday, shattering a glass ceiling in a country where only about 17% of judges are women.

A document obtained by NPR through a public records request shows that Holmes reported to local authorities that she was allegedly assaulted in a frat house while she was attending the school.

The money comes from a projected $5 billion surplus held by a nonprofit that reimburses auto insurers for very high personal injury medical costs.