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From discussions of diversity in Silicon Valley to debates over privacy and encryption, NPR's tech correspondent gives us his view of 2015.

With Christmas four days away, there are a lot of deals for those who still have some shopping to do – here's why.

Twenty-seven years ago, Jake and Sparky Kennedy held a party for 100 homeless children. Today, the party has grown to become one of the largest Christmas events in the country with almost 5,000 homeless and impoverished children.

After the recent outrage over the killing of Cecil the lion, the Obama administration has decided to give more robust protections to the species.

In light of a recent Pew study that says most Americans are no longer middle-class, NPR's Michel Martin argues that when the middle thins, the ends of the spectrum must yell just to hear each other.

Last year, our tech reporters looked ahead to developments dealing with anticipatory computing, data breaches and Apple. Now as 2015 ends, they consider what has changed.

Local police and emergency services in the U.S. have been preparing for a new reality: a strategic attack by terrorists who use diversionary tactics to maximize chaos and death.

Paul Kagame is the only president the country has had since 2000. He's already served two terms, and voters support amending the constitution to allow him to stay in office another 17 years.

The landslide of mud and construction materials is the latest in a string of disasters in China that were caused by human error.

The hanging death of 28-year-old Bland in her jail cell was ruled a suicide, but family and activists challenge that claim.