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Actor and musician Jussie Smollett turned himself in to Chicago Police Thursday after being charged with filing a false police report in connection with an alleged assault.

Gang rapes, abductions and killings have grown commonplace in South Sudan, according to the Commission on Human Rights, whose new report outlines widespread violence in the country's ongoing conflict.

Ross Gay spent a year writing daily essays about things that delight him. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gay about some of the essays included in his new book, The Book of Delights.

Teachers are striking in Oakland, Calif. and West Virginia, continuing a nationwide trend of teachers' strikes over the past year. Here's what these strikes do and don't have in common.

One survivor said a priest forced her to have abortions after raping her. The pope said he has come up with 21 "reflection points" designed to address the crisis.

First, he was caught on store surveillance allegedly stealing a $70 office chair. Now Washington anti-tax activist Tim Eyman has produced his own video....

The special counsel may be close to wrapping up. Or he may not. He could file a landmark report. Or he may not. The rules are limited, and the attorney general has a lot of discretion.

A church in Plantation, Fla., has a way to boost the number of members. It holds a dog-friendly service Saturdays.

Tens of thousands of European students are protesting every week. In Belgium, the demonstrations are in their seventh week and students were joined Thursday by a Swedish teen who started the movement.

North Carolina elections officials voted to hold a new election in the 9th Congressional District. Steve Inskeep speaks with state Democratic Party chairman Wayne Goodwin about the process.