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Three Wilmington police officers were fired after racist rants were caught on video.

3 Wilmington Police Officers Fired Over Racist Rants

Three members of a North Carolina police department have been fired after a department audit of a video recording captured one of the officers saying a...

Kai Koerber, a rising sophomore at the University of California, Berkeley, is a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. Since then, he says, he's made promoting a mental health curriculum in high schools and colleges a personal priority.

'Bear Our Pain': The Plea For More Black Mental Health Workers

Unrest over social injustice spotlights the acute need for, and the high historical barriers to, mental health treatment for Black people facing layers of emotional pain.

Watch Tiny Desk Contest Top Shelf Episode 3 Featuring Raina Douris Of World Cafe

Live on YouTube, Bob Boilen and Raina Douris watched their favorites entries to the 2020 Contest and discussed what made them stand out from the thousands we saw this year.

Park Tae-seung stands outside his office and prayer hall in Yeongju, South Korea. Now 87, Park was 17 when he was recruited to fight in the Korean War.

Thousands Of Child Soldiers Died In The Korean War. Survivors Want More Recognition

South Korea conscripted more than 30,000 soldiers between the ages of 14 and 17 for the war. An estimated 3,000 of them died. One survivor prays daily for their souls.

'Fair & Lovely' Skin Lightening Brand, Popular In South Asia, To Change Name

As the Black Lives Matter movement prompts reckonings about race around the world, India's most popular skin lightening cream is removing the words 'fair,' 'white' and 'light' from its marketing.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the state will put a hold on further reopening as it contends with rising numbers of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.

Texas Governor Hits 'Pause' On Further Reopening Amid COVID-19 Surge

Gov. Greg Abbott said the temporary measure will help the state "corral the spread" of COVID-19 in Texas, which has seen a sharp rise in cases and hospitalizations in recent weeks.

Hear 'I'm So Happy I Cry,' Fantastic Negrito's New Song With Tarriona 'Tank' Ball

The first-ever song to feature two Tiny Desk Contest winners comes from Fantastic Negrito's forthcoming album, Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?, out in August.

Christine Baranski On Putting Up A 'Good Fight' During 'This Dystopian Era'

Baranski started her career in theater and now stars as a progressive lawyer in The Good Fight. "I was a passionate acting student and nothing was going to stop me," the Emmy Award-winning actor says.

The Government Accountability Office says the IRS did not use death records for the first three batches of coronavirus relief payments — which account for 72% of the nearly $270 billion in payments dispensed so far.

Nearly $1.4 Billion In Coronavirus Relief Payments Sent To Dead People

The improper payments happened due to confusion over whether dead people should receive the payments from the IRS, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office.

"Our best estimate right now is that for every case that was reported, there actually were 10 other infections," Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said during a conference call Thursday. Redfield is pictured during a hearing of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Tuesday.

CDC: At Least 20 Million Americans Have Had Coronavirus. Here's Who's At Highest Risk

The U.S. has had about 10 times more coronavirus cases than were captured by testing, according to new estimates released by the federal government.

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