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Columbine Principal Frank DeAngelis listens to his students, survivors of the shooting, in April 2019 as he attends "Columbine 20 Years Later: A Faith-based Remembrance Service" at Waterstone Community Church in Littleton, Colo. A dozen students and one teacher were massacred by two heavily armed students.

A small, growing group of survivors advises school leaders after mass shootings

Frank DeAngelis was principal at Columbine High School in Colorado when 12 students and a teacher were killed there. He helps lead a group that offers aid and a sounding board after each fresh attack.

Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto onstage in 1965.

Astrud Gilberto, 'The Girl from Ipanema' singer, dies at 83

One of the shining voices of bossa nova, the Brazilian artist made both herself and the song world famous with her beguiling rendition, kicking off an illustrious career.

Eduardo and Aurora Arcilla watch as crews repair the street in front of their home that was damaged in the Witch Creek Fire in 2007. Rancho Bernardo in San Diego, Calif. June 5, 2023.

Long-coming Witch Creek Fire repairs, improvements headed to Rancho Bernardo

The Witch Creek Fire started Oct. 21, 2007, when Santa Ana winds knocked down power lines east of Ramona.

Citlaly Olvera Salazar dances with an image of her grandfather, Antonio Salazar, and father, Cesar Olvera, in their absence during her Quinceañera.

COVID-19 Delayed Quinceañera Celebrations. And Now, 17 Is The New 15

Party planners say they are overrun by families who still want the traditional ceremony, which has taken on a new meaning — the celebration of life, and the remembrance of loss.

Fossil shows fish evolved to walk on land — then went back to the water

After an ancient fish developed legs, its newly discovered descendent Qikiqtania wakei went back to swimming in open water.

The suns peaks over the California Public Employees Retirement System's building in Sacramento, Calif., on Sept. 6, 2022. California officials say the personal information of about 769,000 people has been exposed in a third-party data breach linked to the state's retirement system.

Personal data of more than 700,000 retired California workers and beneficiaries stolen

Information exposed in the California breach includes names, birth dates and Social Security numbers.

A river carried mud and downed trees in the Zapata neighborhood on the outskirts of the city of Acapulco, Mexico, after Hurricane Otis swept through the area.

Mexico's Acapulco grows desperate for help after Hurricane Otis ravaged the area

The Category 5 storm slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast early Wednesday, killing at least 39 people, and with 10 missing.

Afghan evacuees sit on a bus at the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, on Aug. 26, 2021. Ramstein Air Base, the largest U.S. Air Force base in Europe, has hosted thousands of Afghans.

What It's Like Inside The U.S. Processing Center Welcoming Thousands Of Afghans

For the past two weeks, thousands of Afghans have arrived in the U.S. Many have passed through a huge makeshift processing center in Virginia. NPR reporters got an exclusive look inside the facility.

Crime is a concern for many midterm voters across the country.

Many midterm races focus on rising crime. Here's what the data does and doesn't show

Midterm voters are being inundated with political ads, and a lot of them are focused on crime. But a recent change in data collection paints an incomplete picture of the U.S. violent crime rate.

White flags are seen in September 2021 near the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., as part of a project to memorialize the lives lost to COVID-19 in the United States. Advocates are seeking an enduring memorial.

As U.S. COVID deaths near 1 million, advocates press for a memorial day

Millions of people in the U.S. have lost someone they love to COVID-19, and advocates hope to have those losses marked each year on the first Monday in March.

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