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In the 1700s, soon-to-be saint Junípero Serra helped Spain colonize California by converting thousands of Native Americans to Catholicism. Many blame him for destroying the indigenous way of life.

Artistic leadership and choreographers of ballet companies are almost exclusively white and men -- and that's not likely to change anytime soon.

Pope Francis arrives in the United States next week. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli offers this preview of what to expect from the first Latin American pope with a global south perspective.

Francis has a full schedule, which includes a meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana and President Obama in Washington, D.C., where he will also address a joint meeting of Congress.

Aides for Marco Rubio and Rand Paul's campaign scuffled in a Michigan bar on Thursday. American political history is littered with other similar confrontations.

Joey Meek is charged with concealing information and lying to investigators about his knowledge of Dylann Roof's plans to kill black people at a church in Charleston, S.C.

It's tough to see Jason deCaires Taylor's sculptures firsthand — unless you have scuba gear. Most of them rest under the sea. His latest work is fully visible only when the tide of the Thames recedes.

Zagreb has begun sending thousands of migrants back to hard-line Hungary, sparking a war of words between the two nations over border security.

The first women auditioned this weekend for the Harvard musical theater group Hasty Pudding, which has never had a female member in the troop.

The biggest honors in television will be handed out Sunday night. This year's ceremony comes at a turning point for the awards and the TV industry in general.