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After a mother and child who defected from North Korea died in South Korea, many ask: Why risk your life for freedom and escape a dictatorship, only to die without food and money in a land of plenty?

Many topics have divided the nation recently. NPR asked readers for insights into how they handle divisive conversations over the holidays. Here are the tips they provided.

Conan O'Brien, the comedian, writer, and former late-night host has been chosen to emcee the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony. He has many shoes to fill when he takes the stage in March.

"Wind is unlike many other hazards because you really can't see it," says AAA's Bill Van Tassel.

Voters in Colorado's 8th Congressional district and still making up their minds about who should represent them, even if they already have their pick at the top of the ballot.

Many Americans have turned their criticism into action this year, joining marches to protest President Trump's policies. But some are beginning to wonder if street protests are still effective.

Twenty years ago, nearly a million members of the Tutsi minority were slaughtered by extremist members from the Hutu majority. Steve Inskeep talks to Rwanda's Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo.

The drug lenacapavir will be distributed to Eswatini and Zambia — the first step toward providing at least 2 million doses to the countries with the highest HIV burden, largely in Africa, by 2028.

Writer Morgan Talty's short story collection Night of the Living Rez won him many fans and awards. Now he's back with his first novel.

Many Israelis are frantically looking for clues about loved ones believed to be held in Gaza. Ido Dan keeps watching a video that appears to show Hamas militants kidnapping his 12-year-old nephew.