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The scale of China's construction in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands is clear in new satellite images released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, whose director speaks with NPR.

Dayton Public Schools wants 10,000 letters to lobby for a postage stamp to honor Jeraldyne Blunden, founder of the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.

The reorganization being announced today will "provide a central hub for expert advice and legal guidance" and improve coordination among law enforcement, businesses and elected officials.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Kate Davis about her new album Fish Bowl, which is told from the perspective of a dimension-hopping protagonist named FiBo.

People always say they want change in elections, but who represents that change? A new poll sheds some light on who does — and who does not.

English professor Natasha Trethewey has been named the 19th U.S. poet laureate. Poetry, she says, is something people can turn to for celebrating joys and mourning losses.

When you see a bunch of guys playing street basketball you might not just see a game. In his new book Black Gods of the Asphalt author Onaje Woodbine shows how it's also a spiritual experience.

Ginsburg became the first woman to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol.

Cricket is one of the world’s most popular sports, with about 2.5 billion fans. Several of the U.S. team’s starting players are from other countries, including India, Pakistan and New Zealand.

When it comes to awards in theater or television or dance or literature, Frank Deford observes, candidates don't worry about losing out because of a personal flaw. Only sports applies that off-the-field standard.