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The decade that's ending has seen mass migrations across the world. The perilous path that's taken so many Central Americans north to the U.S. is also now a route for Africans, Haitians and Cubans.

Researchers say the country's fixation on the rape of urban women in public settings distorts the reality of sexual violence in India.

Among those killed was Carley McCord, a sports reporter and daughter-in-law of LSU offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger. One passenger survived and is in critical condition, authorities said.

A gunman opened fire during a church service in an area called White Settlement. "Evil walked boldly among us," Sheriff Bill Waybourn said. "Good people raised up and stopped it before it got worse."

The Gullah Geechee language is spoken by descendants of enslaved Africans who were brought to the coastal South. Now, the language is being taught at Harvard University.

The S&P 500 has seen a nearly fivefold increase since the depths of the Great Recession. But some analysts say the bull market may have gone on too long, encouraging investors to take more risks.

In rural America, chronic pain and opioid addiction are common, but treatment is often harder to come by. In the village of Necedah, Wis., population 916, one doctor is changing that.

After a string of anti-Semitic crimes, Mayor Bill de Blasio talks to NPR's Noel King about the growing number of attacks on Jewish communities, and what the city is doing to protect residents.

Citing journals written by the suspect, Grafton E. Thomas, and his Internet search history, the FBI says it appears that he was driven by anti-Semitism.

The question would have likely lowered census response rates in some areas, according to the Census Bureau's final report on its experiment testing public reaction to the controversial inquiry.