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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Deborah Hellman, a professor at the University of Virginia, about Airbnb's cancellation of bookings by attendees to a Charlottesville, Va., white nationalist event.

Unofficial results in Kenya's presidential election put the incumbent in the lead by a healthy margin and his challenger is claiming fraud. Opposition leader Raila Odinga is claiming an elaborate hacking scheme that involves last week's torture and murder of a top election official. The election commission says it will investigate the charge.

When Syrian Mansour al-Omari left prison, he smuggled out pieces of fabric with the names of other inmates written in blood. He's hopes experts at the Holocaust Memorial Museum can help recover them.

Paul McCracken says the city he worked for raised the requirements for fitness and swimming tests as part of an effort to force out older lifeguards.

Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 received rave reviews and 12 Tony nominations, the makings of a Broadway hit. Now, it's closing, in part because of a controversy over casting and race.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Purna Sen, policy director for UN Women, about how some countries are moving to repeal laws that allow rapists to avoid punishment by marrying their victims.

Last season, quarterback Colin Kaepernick said he was protesting treatment of African-Americans. His supporters now say NFL owners are freezing him out.

State officials first had to get a good count of Tennesseans with disabilities who've been able to hold down a paying job before setting a goal to...

The penalty would be a jail sentence of 3 months and/or a fine of 3,000 rupees. But it's unclear how the newly passed law will be enforced.

Crossings into Quebec have spiked, as Haitians who fled after the 2010 quake face an uncertain legal future in America. Soldiers are building a shelter to house up to 500 people awaiting processing.