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A lawsuit has been filed against the actor and others, alleging unsafe and unnecessary sex and nudity at an acting school that he ran. The two plaintiffs spoke with NPR.

The decision by Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is intended to make it more difficult for protesters to hide their identities and thereby discourage further protests.

We have an update on the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry. Also, anti-government protests in Iraq continue and actor James Franco is accused of sexually exploiting female former students.

A new study finds that tuna harvests, including of some species considered "vulnerable," have increased by an astonishing 1,000% in the last 60 years — a rate some scientists warn is unsustainable.

A mystery 16 years in the making. An NPR producer went on the hunt for the namesake of her mug and it took her to some unexpected places.

As a child, Willie Ito spent nearly three years in a Japanese American internment camp. At StoryCorps, he tells his son how he went from doodling on Sears catalogs to animating for Walt Disney.

NPR's new series Off Script, which gives voters the chance to sit down with presidential candidates and ask questions, kicks off with undecided voters and former HUD Secretary Julián Castro.

The former vice president had sparingly responded to President Trump's attacks. But this week, Biden explained his dealings with Kyiv as "fully transparent policy" of the United States.

Republicans who support President Trump say the next three weeks are crucial to determine whether he can keep Republicans united behind him or if emerging cracks break open even wider.

Two lost dogs are lost no more. This week they're reunited with their owners — thanks to a twist of fate.

Spam was at the center of a classic Monty Python sketch, and their association with the forcemeat had an even longer shelf life than the product itself.

Victims of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting have reached a settlement with MGM Resorts. They will share as much as $800 million. Fifty-eight people died and more than 400 were injured in the massacre.

The violence first erupted on Tuesday and has spread across Baghdad and much of the country's mainly Shiite south. Protesters are venting anger over a lack of jobs and poor infrastructure.

Graphic novelist and illustrator Jon J. Muth's dreamy paintings expand the scope of Stanislaw Lem's story about an astronaut in a cramped one-man spaceship, who finds himself stuck in a time loop.

Steve Inskeep talks with Neal Katyal, a former Justice Department solicitor general. He says the phone call at the center of an impeachment inquiry was among other things a campaign finance violation.

For decades, the costs of education and health care have climbed far faster than other goods. The Baumol Effect is an oft-overlooked and underappreciated economic theory that explains why.

U.S. employers added 136,000 jobs in September — a sign of continued resilience in the labor market amid growing signals that the economy is losing steam. The jobless rate was the lowest since 1969.

Laura Ruby's new young adult novel, set just during the Depression, follows a young girl and her sister who are trying to survive a stark orphanage — and attracting the attention of its local ghost.

At issue is a Louisiana law that mirrors a Texas law the court struck down. What's different, however, is that Justice Anthony Kennedy, who cast the decisive fifth vote in the 2016 case, has retired.

Travis Scott has done a decent job shrouding his blatant co-opting of flows with gorgeous, synthy production. His latest single is no exception.