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Nineteen children and two adults were killed during the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Parents are struggling to cope with the loss and with how to explain it to their children.

What to say to kids about school shootings to ease their stress

The death of children, shot at school, is hard to comprehend. It can be even harder for kids. Counselors say parents should take cues from their kids, listen to their fears and answer their questions.

More troops were deployed after 175 people were killed in violence in Darfur, Sudan

Tribal clashes between Arabs and non-Arabs in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region have killed more than 175 people in five days.

A great egret stands near former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort on February 11, 2022, as reports emerged that the National Archives had recovered documents from Trump's Florida home.

Justice Department is investigating Trump's possible mishandling of government secrets

The investigation, prompted by the discovery of top-secret papers found at Mar-a-Lago, is at an early stage, a source told NPR.

Megan Thee Stallion, performing at Glastonbury Festival in Somerset, U.K. on Sat. June 25, 2022. During her set, Megan spoke out against the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Musicians react to Supreme Court decision on right to abortion

After Friday's Supreme Court decision, artists from around the world spent the following days sharing their reactions and plans for the immediate future.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi received a COVID-19 vaccination record card from Dr. Brian Monahan, attending physician Congress of the United States, after getting a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 18, 2020.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 82, has been vaccinated against COVID-19 and received a booster shot. She's the highest-profile U.S. official to contract the virus since former President Donald Trump.

Former Disney artist Tom Bancroft drew two mermaids on their "shell phones," the popularity of which inspired MerMay.

What is MerMay and why are people so into drawing mermaids this month?

In 2016, a former Disney animator gave his followers a challenge: draw a mermaid every day for the month of May. Today, prompts motivate people to make pieces of mermaid art.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen pauses while speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., on April 13. Yellen and other finance ministers walked out of a G20 session on Wednesday as Russian officials were speaking.

Janet Yellen and other finance ministers walk out of G20 meeting as Russia speaks

Yellen's counterparts from the U.K. and Canada joined the walkout to protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Migrants and asylum seekers protest outside the United States Consulate against the public health order known as Title 42, in Tijuana, Mexico, on May 19, 2022.

Judge rules that pandemic border restrictions must continue, a win for GOP-led states

A federal judge in Louisiana has blocked the Biden administration from lifting the pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42, which were set to end on Monday.

Farmland is seen with standard solar panels from Cypress Creek Renewables, Oct. 28, 2021, in Thurmont, Md.

Solar panels that can generate electricity at night have been developed at Stanford

While standard solar panels can provide electricity during the day, this device can be a "continuous renewable power source" during the day and at night.

Lilly Wachowski takes part in The Power of TV: Trans Visibility in Storytelling, a Television Academy Foundation public event focused on representation of trans individuals in television and the pathways to increased visibility, at the Television Academy's Saban Media Center on Aug. 1, 2019 in North Hollywood, Calif.

Filmmakers behind 'The Matrix' are auctioning off memorabilia to support trans kids

The auction from Lana and Lilly Wachowski includes more than 180 items from The Matrix Revolutions, V for Vendetta, Sense 8 and Speed Racer, among other films.

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