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The climber scaled the granite wall in under four hours, in what Alpinist magazine says "is indisputably the greatest free solo of all time."

While Medicaid is best known as a health care program for poor people, more than 80 percent of its budget goes to care for elderly people, disabled people and children.

The vast majority of gun deaths in America are either suicides or one-on-one shootings.

Author Sheryll Cashin's talks about the Loving v. Virginia ruling, which overturned state laws prohibiting interracial marriage. Cashin grew up the child of civil rights activists in Huntsville, Ala.

Isle de Jean Charles is home to a tribe of Native Americans who have fished and hunted there since the 1800s. Those who remain are barely clinging to what's left.

As the first woman to direct a big-budget superhero movie, Patty Jenkins says she felt extra pressure to succeed. Her movie grossed more than $100 million in its opening weekend.

The film "Wonder Woman" took in over $100 million at the box office in its first weekend, the biggest opening ever for a female director.

Read the full transcript of keynote remarks by NPR's Michael Oreskes during the 2017 Journalist Memorial Rededication at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

President Trump has announced he will withdraw the U.S. from the global agreement to fight climate change. But more than 1,200 mayors, governors and business leaders say they're still on board.

Both Latin American and homegrown telenovelas are booming in East Africa. It's a trend that reveals kinship between long-suffering countries an ocean apart.