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NPR's Scott Simon remembers Charles Feeney, the philanthropist who quietly gave away $8 billion before his death this week.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their lives and work around the world.

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge yielded stories about how students around the U.S. are thinking about and responding to climate change. Here are some of their ideas.

A new frog specifies is found atop the Andes Mountains in Peru.

The Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado has destroyed more than 300 homes, leaving residents in shock. Firefighters are slowly getting the blaze under control, but many in the community don't yet know what's left of their homes.

The Grateful Dead play their final shows at Chicago's Soldier Field this July 4 weekend. NPR's Eric Westervelt reflects on how the Dead disrupted the musical and business norms of the industry.

Mangione's lawyers asked a federal judge to dismiss some criminal charges, including the only count for which he could face the death penalty, from a federal indictment brought against him.

Julia Weber was walking home from work one day in San Francisco when an earthquake struck. She rode it out in the arms of a stranger.

A doctor would later tell Thea Rhiannon she would have probably bled to death if not for the actions of a stranger.