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A gunman killed eight students and two teachers at Santa Fe High School outside Houston — and scarred hundreds, perhaps thousands more.

Jury selection was postponed Monday in the federal death penalty trial for Dylann Roof, the white man accused of killing nine worshippers at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. Prosecutors say it was a racially-motivated attack.

As sickening images of the chemical weapons attack in Syria emerged, NPR's Scott Simon was reminded of a conversation with Romeo Dallaire, and the different ways we understand evil in modern times.

One of the oldest U.S. drum makers is Precision Drum Company. It's made instruments for some big names in jazz and rock. It's now making a replica of the drum on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican from Arizona, about the Trump administration's airstrikes in Syria and Congress authorizing the use of military force.

As speculation abounds over Attorney General Jeff Session's future, a crowded field of contenders are jockeying for position ahead of the Aug. 15 GOP primary in Alabama to choose his successor.

The former secretary of state was having trouble changing the flat, and that's when Anthony Maggert saw him and stopped. Maggert has a prosthetic leg, which did not keep him from helping.

Steve Inskeep talks to Isaias Medina, Venezuela's former U.N. representative, about the country's military declaring its loyalty to President Maduro, and Russia warning the U.S. against intervening.

As Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., enters the field of 2020 Democratic contenders, NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Politico reporter Christopher Cadelago about Harris' background as a prosecutor.

350 thousand acres are burning in Northern California, an area bigger than the city of Los Angeles. We'll hear from residents threatened by the Park Fire.