Amanda Morris
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Teachers are using a game called Mystery Skype to teach geography and connect with classes around the country and world. -
Concussions, broken bones, and torn ligaments are a few serious injury concerns in Quidditch — a new sport where the rules are still evolving, and players are testing the safety of them. -
Technology has often been proposed as the solution to controversial policing practices. But reporter Matt Stroud says new innovations embraced by law enforcement can present their own problems. -
Writer Rhianna Jones is petitioning the Unicode Consortium for an emoji of a person with an Afro. -
After hours of rescues on stormy seas, the Viking Sky cruise ship was able to regain control of its engine and reach the Norway port of Molde on Sunday. -
Christchurch's residents are coming to terms with Friday's shooting that killed at least 50 people. Many are showing support for the Muslim community, which is struggling to process the attacks. -
As luck would have it, NPR reported plenty of stories this past year of people who have been fortunate — whether by gaining something good, or escaping something bad. Here are seven "lucky" tales. -
Kaiser is the first musher of Yup'ik descent to win the Iditarod sled dog race. His win is a significant point of pride for Alaska's indigenous people. -
For one year, New York-based photographer Shuran Huang followed the Collins family to church, baseball fields and their family-run barbershop. -
Jennifer Carrieri's twin was shot and murdered in an empty parking lot in 1996, but nobody knows why. This year, Carrieri put up billboards in Baltimore, Md., in the hopes of solving the cold case.
