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This week, the CDC predicted there could be tens of thousands of Ebola cases if the disease is not controlled soon. Author Alaya Dawn Johnson turns to a favorite novel for wisdom amid this epidemic.

A look at major cyberattacks that have rocked the Internet in recent years

The seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases topped 280,000 this week as the omicron variant spreads rapidly across the country, according to Johns Hopkins University's tracker.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, who died last Sunday, chose to be aquamated, a more environmentally friendly alternative to cremation. It is 90% more energy efficient than a traditional cremation.

NPR's Alt Latino predicts that Marchita, the new album by singer/songwriter Silvana Estrada, will end up on a top album list when the year's new music is considered at the end of 2022.

Late in the evening, the full moon is slated to pass directly into Earth's shadow cast by the sun, illuminating the moon a brilliant red.

A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

As a child, Michele Norris was fascinated by a 1969 book called Still Hungry in America and its photographs of starving children in the American South.

The new documentary film tells the story of a street dance phenomenon from the rough streets of South Los Angeles -- krumping. For the dancers, it's a moment to rise above the crime and drugs that often plague their South-Central Los Angeles neighborhood.

From circa 1951: Sociologist and educator Charles S. Johnson tells how faith, morality and empathy helped lift his family from slavery and influence his own work for social justice in the United States.