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The uncle of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter begged police to let him try to talk his nephew down, according to a 911 call included in a trove of recordings and transcripts released by officials.

Over the past three decades, Susan Wojcicki had a knack for seeing a startup's potential. Her intuition helped shape the growth of YouTube and Google.

An Israeli strike on a school in Gaza killed at least 80 people, according to Palestinian health officials. Israel says it hit a Hamas command center.

This will be the final Summer Olympics with the current line-up of the five events that make up the modern pentathlon. Gone will be the horse-riding and in its place: a controversial obstacle course.

Friday at the Paris Olympics was filled with medal events. The French were playing in the men's soccer final and an Algerian boxer at the center of a gender controversy boxed for gold.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro is using social media to crack down on government opponents and glorify security forces.

A Reporter's Notebook: Athletes at sports press conferences are famous for talking in clichés. But at the Paris Games, a lot of Olympians went deep, voicing wisdom and sharing their truths.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Australian comedian and composer about his touring show, "An Unfunny Evening with Tim Minchin and His Piano."

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Joan Chen. The actor is getting Oscar buzz for the new film, "Dìdi," in which Chen plays the mother of a Taiwanese-American skater kid in the Bay Area.

Chicago's McCormick Place is in the middle of a major migratory bird path, and its' lakeside building will soon have bird safe decals that could prevent thousands of bird collisions and death.