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Aborigines account for 2 percent of Taiwan's population and face numerous challenges. In an aboriginal village, people hope Taiwan's new president will provide more favorable treatment and policies.

Rushdie's tale of love and revenge has made its way to the stage. It premieres tonight at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

It's now legal for doctors to prescribe lethal medications to terminally ill patients who want them. But many doctors say they feel queasy about it. Lonny Shavelson wants to help them with that.

Donald Trump's comments about a Latino federal judge have sparked discussion about racism and bias. But to many Latinos they're about historic burden.

How has reporting in China changed over the two decades? As people have become more open and sophisticated, the government has become more repressive.

Tony Awards host James Corden and the night's biggest winners paid an emotional tribute to the 50 lives lost in a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday morning.

Eminent domain is one of the most powerful tools of government. It allows officials to force the sale of private property for what’s deemed the public…

CharlotteObserver.comShane Evan Tomlinson, a talented vocalist who graduated from Northwest Cabarrus High School and East Carolina University, was a…

The politics team discusses the mass shooting in Orlando on Sunday and the responses to the massacre from Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Renee Montagne talks to Slate.com writer Mark Joseph Stern about his current article, "The Long, Tragic History of Violence at LGBTQ Bars and Clubs in America."

Investigators are working to learn more about Omar Mateen, the man they say was the lone shooter, who was killed at the scene. NPR's Justice correspondent Carrie Johnson talks to David Greene.

This week, the NPR Books Time Machine travels back to the era of the Napoleonic Wars for a look at Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, which wraps up this week with the release of League of Dragons.

David Greene, whose reporting from Orlando, Fla., talks to retired NYPD detective Vivian Rodriguez who lives in Orlando about the LGBT community there.

Robert Borba heard a woman yelling that her bike was being stolen. The champion bull rider did what cowboys do — grabbed his rope and lassoed the suspect. He held the man until police arrived.

A new album by the L.A.-based producer and DJ rescues a vintage style of D.I.Y. synth-based funk from slipping through history's cracks.

To prepare for tonight's return of game show To Tell the Truth, we look back at what made the classic version so memorable, and ask if it's even possible to recapture its magic today.

President Obama's animated criticism of Donald Trump's comments Tuesday reveals a multi-front campaign against the Republican candidate.

European soccer officials say they will kick Russia out of the European Championship if there is any repeat of the violence involving Russian fans during the rest of the competition, currently underway in France.

Late night talk show hosts responded to the tragic events in Orlando in a variety of ways. Many chose to dedicate time in their monologues to the tragedy, thus taking on the role news anchors once had dominion over.

As we wrestle to understand the deadliest mass shooting in recent U.S. history, details of Omar Mateen's life are beginning to emerge.