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Yusor Abu-Salha, (right), recorded a StoryCorps interview last summer, with her former teacher, Sister Jabeen. Abu-Salha died earlier this week, along with her sister and husband.

'We're All One,' Chapel Hill Shooting Victim Said In StoryCorps Talk

"Growing up in America has been such a blessing," Yusor Abu-Salha said in a conversation with her former teacher that was recorded by the StoryCorps oral history project last summer.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren participates in a reenacted swearing-in with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in the Old Senate Chamber at the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2013.

Democratic Presidential Debates Could Reignite Warren-Biden Bankruptcy Fight

What a testy 2005 fight between Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren and Delaware Senator Joe Biden can tell us about the two 2020 presidential candidates

Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks before she signs the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act after it passed the House on March 27.

Pelosi, Top House Progressive Give Biden Twin Endorsements

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has received endorsements from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House progressive leader Pramila Jayapal. The pair of announcements Monday underscores Biden's effort to unify disparate factions of the Democratic Party as he takes on President Donald Trump.

President Trump issued a series of angry tweets blaming Democrats in Congress for the impasse, which will affect some 800,000 federal employees.

Shutdown Continues As President And Democrats Remain At Odds Over Funding For Wall

President Trump, holed up in the White House, issued a series of angry tweets blaming Democrats for the impasse, which will affect some 800,000 federal employees.

Maren Morris steps forward with confidence, drive and R&B-country hybrids with her sophomore album, <em>GIRL.</em>

Maren Morris Grows Into Her Own: 'I'm A Little Bit Of Everything'

For Morris, creating her sophomore album GIRL meant adjusting to writing on the road, taking on the country music status quo and exploring her confidence.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., turns her party's attention to the climate crisis as she leads an event to introduce the "Climate Action Now Act," which focuses on reducing carbon pollution, honoring America's Paris Agreement commitments, and lays the groundwork to expand clean energy, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 27, 2019.

Climate Change Politics Burn Hot After Green New Deal Vote

A day after the Senate blocked consideration of the Green New Deal, lawmakers from both parties were still talking about climate change.

Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o, a professor at the University of California, Irvine who is often tipped for the Nobel Prize in Literature, has issued a new collection of short stories.

'Nobel Of The Heart' Is The Real Prize For Author Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

The U.S.-based Kenyan writer is often tipped for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Now he's released Minutes of Glory, a short story collection which he calls his "literary autobiography."

William Barr, nominee to be Attorney General, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday.

'Not The President's Lawyer': Senators Push Attorney General Pick Barr On Impartiality

William Barr, who also served as attorney general under George H.W. Bush, is being grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is full of potential Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls.

George Shannon, pictured in this undated photo, stands on the campus of USC, where he earned his master’s degree and PhD in gerontology, and where he now works an instructional associate professor.

An Actor Finds A Second Career As A Professor

The number of California seniors working into old age is rising. Many of them keep working because they love what they do.

Prema Thakur, an official for the Champawat district in India, teaches Pratap Singh Bora, a 56-year-old migrant laborer from Nepal, how to write his name in Hindi.

A 56-Year-Old Finally Learned To Write His Name — Because Of A Coronavirus Lockdown

Pratap Singh Bora is a migrant laborer from Nepal who had to leave his construction job in India and is now living in a relief camp. But there's an upside to this turn of events.

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