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And half the world's population doesn't even have access to essential health services, according to a report from the World Bank and the World Health Organization.

Cincinnati officials are raising the transgender pride flag over City Hall Plaza, and the main library downtown is hosting an event Thursday evening to offer resources and community to trans people.

In Washington, D.C., residents celebrated Indigenous People's Day by birdwatching on Roosevelt Island. Centuries before the island became a memorial to the president, it was home to Native Americans.

In these anxiety-filled days, poet John Kenney has released a new collection of light-hearted poems perfect for these times. Barbara Gray talks with the…

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Tom Forward, Tampa's fire chief and emergency manager, about preparations for the storm.

The fall colors have been beautiful this year — but the changing leaves don't do much for many people with color blindness. New viewfinders at parks in Tennessee aim to change that.

President Trump's inaugural committee chair is facing scrutiny from a variety of sources. Tom Barrack is a wealthy real estate investor who helped the administration build bridges to Arab leaders.

With a population of 98, Lumber Bridge, N.C., saw a long-lost son come home. 1st Lt. James "Dick" Wright was buried this week, and his World War II heroism honored.

With the ongoing investigations of the Haditha killings and other examples of possible civilian deaths attributed to American soldiers, we take a look at a past incident -- the killing of hundreds of North Korean refugees during the Korean War in No Gun Ri, South Korea. Host Liane Hansen speaks with Associated Press reporter Martha Mendoza.

With their hometown of Chernihiv in ruins, one family escaped before a key bridge out of the city was destroyed. They're now among an estimated 6.5 million Ukrainians internally displaced by the war.