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Over 1,500 people gathered to mourn the victims of the Lewiston mass shooting. Wednesday night's attack at a bowling alley and a bar left 18 people dead and 13 injured.

Star-struck members of a tour group led into the Academy Awards ceremony enjoyed a few minutes of attention, followed by notoriety. NPR's Scott Simon discusses the downside of fleeting fame.

After leaving for better-paying jobs in the United States, migrants from the Mexican town of Malinalco find themselves missing their families and communities back home.

U.S. inventor Douglas Engelbart was one of the visionaries of the computer age. Besides inventing the computer mouse, his insight laid the groundwork for the interactive technology we now take for granted. Engelbart was 88.

In the 1970s, the average heroin user was 28 to 30 years old and an urban dweller. Today, the average addict is a white, middle-class teenager. As the profile of heroin users has changed, so has the drug, which is more potent than ever. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on the new generation of users in the first of a five-part series on this growing addiction crisis.

It's the seventh earthquake to roil this area in the past 10 days, and there have been several aftershocks. The U.N. has struggled to raise money for Afghans.

Registration opens soon for a number of summer camps that aim to inspire future explorers and professionals. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

The chip company Nvidia is the darling of the AI boom. Can its closely-watched earnings live up to the hype?

Mourners in Uvalde are lining up outside a memorial for 19 students and two teachers killed in a mass shooting last week at Robb Elementary School. Many are struggling to cope with their deep grief.

Like many Americans, Scott Adams had insurance problems. But unlike most people he has powerful friends on social media, and when he asked President Trump for help, he got the cancer drug he needed.