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Science writer David Quammen says the new coronavirus is the latest example of the way pathogens are migrating from animals to humans with increasing frequency — and sometimes deadly consequences.

Led by New Pornographers member Dan Bejar, the band takes inspiration from The Twilight Zoneand Edgar Allan Poe to evoke a distressed intensity on its new record.

People "are facing murder, rape, and other violence ... in shockingly high numbers," according to a new report. The group is calling on the White House to expand access to asylum.

British press boycotted a briefing from Prime Minister Boris Johnson after he banned some reporters. Oxford political communication professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Douglas was often cast as a troubled tough guy in films, most famously as a rebellious Roman slave named Spartacus. Off-screen, he was devoted to family and to humanitarian causes.

The Pegasus Airlines flight from the western city of Izmir skidded off the runway in Istanbul and dropped more than 100 feet onto adjacent land, where it broke into pieces.

Kansas City Chiefs fans basked in the glory of their first Super Bowl win in half a century with a parade and victory rally.

Hong Kong authorities say that beginning Saturday they are mandating that anyone entering the city from mainland China "self-quarantine" for the 14-day incubation period of the virus.

The Senate found President Trump not guilty of the impeachment charges against him. "We went through hell, unfairly," he said in a statement at the White House.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to social scientist Elizabeth Kennedy, co-author of a Human Rights Watch report on violence against deported Salvadorans. Data show they face murder, rape and other violence.