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FARC rebels used to chain their kidnap victims in the jungle until they received ransom. Now tourists pay ex-guerrillas hundreds of dollars to take them hiking and whitewater rafting there.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with reporter Latif Nasser of WNYC's Radiolab about the recent news of the release of Guantanamo detainee Abdul Latif Nasser, whom he spent years investigating.

Harris County, which includes Houston, has more than 4.7 million people. Many of the voting rights innovations installed last year are at risk of being eliminated by the Republican-led legislature.

A U.S. District Court judge says he wanted to send a message with his sentencing of Paul Hodgkins. It is the first resolution of a felony case stemming from the insurrection.

Akash Kapur was raised in an intentional community in India, then moved to the U.S. at age 16. He writes about the reality of utopian communities in Better to Have Gone.

The military says it's changing to make the nation's fighting force more inclusive. Among those changes, the design of body armor to better fit women could also save lives.

If you thought snack is slang for "a sexy and physically attractive person," you are correct. That's because Dictionary.com has added over 300 new words and definitions.

In May, Ben Shapiro's website The Daily Wire had more Facebook engagement on its articles than The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post and NBC News combined.

Many churches spent December under lockdown, canceling traditional holiday services. This summer, some congregations are using loosened restrictions to hold a do-over: Christmas in July.

Melanie Newman, broadcaster for the Baltimore Orioles, will handle play-by-play duties. "At some point soon, I think we're on our way to this just being a normal day in a broadcast," Newman says.