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Thousands have been killed and many more have been tortured, traumatized and forced to flee their homes, Save the Children says.

The report by the Equal Justice Initiative says that the number of victims in the American South was more than 20 percent higher than was thought, and that the phenomenon was a form of terrorism.

Reports that North Korea has continued to work on its ballistic missile program have come as no surprise to the South Korean government, which continues to try to build links to the North.

NASA marks a sad occasion this week, the 20th anniversary of the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. NPR's Howard Berkes remembers the rush to understand why the Challenger had exploded.

President Trump allegedly directed his onetime lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the project to build a Trump tower in Moscow, according to new reporting from BuzzFeed News.

A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.

insists he did nothing improper or illegal in helping the Clinton-Gore reelection campaign raise millions of dollars. In defending his fund raising activities, Gore said his role in raising campaign money was the same as that performed by previous Vice Presidents. But, he said, in the future he no longer will make fund raising telephone calls from the White House.

administers it's DNA repository. They've been collecting blood samples from the military to help identify remains of soldiers killed in the field. Critics worry there are insufficient safegurds to protect the confidentiality of the samples. Despite the changes in the system, two Marines still face a court martial for refusing to give samples of their blood to the Pentagon's repository.

Orange County, California finally emerged from bankruptcy protection yesterday. And they didn't have to raise any new taxes. To get out of the red, the county sold $880 million worth of bonds. The county's fiscal troubles started when a former treasurer lost almost one-point-seven million dollars in a high-risk investment strategy.

of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Organizers compared it to Woodstock and predicted a quarter of a million people from church groups all over the country would attend -- but the crowd never got that big. Yesterday, Christian rock bands kept the kids entertained... today, the emphasis shifts from music to guest speakers like Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.