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Actor Hill Harper On His Life-Changing 'Letters' From An Inmate

You've seen him on television in hit shows like CSI: NY and Covert Affairs, but Hill Harper's most important role may be off-screen. He sat down with NPR's Michel Martin to discuss his longtime friendship with an inmate, documented in his new book, Letters to an Incarcerated Brother.

Journalists' Views Of The Pro-Trump Riot On Capitol Hill

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Lisa Desjardins of the PBS NewsHour and Sarah Ferris of Politico about what it was like to cover the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and about its consequences.

Seven Red Cross Relief Workers Seized In Syria

The Red Cross said the workers had been abducted in northwest Syria. On Sunday, the group's director-general, Yves Daccord, tweeted, "Our thoughts are with our colleagues and their families."

Locals say this building in Kolkata, India, was once the center of the Indian black market bone trade. They say workers once dried human bones on the roof and cleaned corpses inside.

Blood, Bones And Organs: The Gruesome 'Red Market'

Journalist Scott Carney figures he's worth about $250,000. That's what Carney thinks his body would fetch if it were broken down into individual parts and sold. In Red Market, Carney explores the shadowy but lucrative global marketplace for human body parts.

FAA Acting Administrator Pressed On Boeing 737 Max Jets During Capitol Hill Hearing

Daniel K. Elwell, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, faced sharp questions from lawmakers on Wednesday about the FAA's relationship with Boeing and its grounded 737 Max jets.

Rare Blue Lobster Discovered At An Ohio Red Lobster

The Akron Zoo quickly sprang into action and rescued the Blue crustacean from the Red Lobster in Cuyahoga Falls. The lobster has been given the name Clawde.

Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Trump, testifies before the House oversight committee on Capitol Hill on Feb. 27 in Washington, D.C.

The Big Unanswered Questions After Michael Cohen's Capitol Hill Marathon

President Trump's former personal attorney has spent many hours meeting with members of Congress, but big gaps remain in the public understanding of what took place in 2016 and since.

'Red Lights': Thriller Tracks Vacation Gone Awry

Red Lights, the new film from French director Cedric Kahn, is a taut, atmospheric thriller about a husband and wife who think they're going on vacation but are actually about to descend into a chaotic abyss. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan has a review.

Red Cross Report: Medics Grossly Violated Ethics

Health professionals who monitored the CIA's interrogation of detainees violated medical ethics, says a new report from the International Committee of the Red Cross. Mark Danner, a journalism professor who published the report in the New York Review of Books, says the report concludes interrogation procedures used constitute torture.

Fired Red Cross Trio May Face Charges

The Red Cross has dismissed two supervisors and a Hurricane Katrina volunteer in response to allegations of fraud and mismanagement. The agency will refer their cases to authorities for possible criminal prosecution.

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