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When did the Parade of Nations begin, and why aren't the countries in alphabetical order? Here's everything you need to know about the Olympic opening ceremony event.

It's the latest in a series of initiatives by the Biden administration and the Justice Department to try to reduce violent crime, which has been on the rise around the country.

The reform would take these cases out of the hands of commanders and bring in independent military prosecutors.

After a conversation with a retired Supreme Court justice, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduces legislation that would allow the Supreme Court to use retired justices when an active justice recuses himself or herself from a case.

Senator John Kerry, returning from a trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan, talked to NPR about the flooding in Pakistan, and his conversations with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai.

In several interviews, Carl Paladino says his comments were misconstrued, and that he was that a photographer from the "New York Post" tried to take pictures of his 10-year-old daughter.

NPR's Robert Siegel convenes a conversation with Jon Lee Anderson, a staff writer for 'The New Yorker' magazine, and Jeffrey Goldberg, of 'The Atlantic.'

The court overturned two rape-as-accomplice convictions against Warren Jeffs, saying the trial judge misstated the law in his jury instructions. Jeffs was charged with facilitating the rape of a 14-year-old by "marrying" her to a 19-year-old.

As NPR reported earlier, the Department of Justice unsealed indictments against more than a dozen individuals, charging them with aiding al-Shabab, a Somali terrorist group.

Suraya Dalil, Afghanistan's Acting Minister of Public Health, told NPR health care in the country is improving, but geography and security risks make wider implementation difficult.

At a book party at the Serpentine Club, two men grabbed the writer's eyeglasses, left a ransom note, and fled into Hyde Park. The culprit was caught 30 minutes later, and Franzen has his glasses back.

This year's class of MacArthur Fellows, recipients of unrestricted $500,000 awards, include Matthew Carter, a type designer; Kelly Benoit-Bird, a marine biologist; and David Simon, the creator of "The Wire"