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The shooting in Orlando cut deep through the gay and Latino communities. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Xorje Olivares, Miriam Zoila Perez and Veronica Bayetti Flores about how the losses affected them.

Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. went north, leading the Chicago Freedom Movement. Bernard Kleina and his camera were there, too — and the former priest walks NPR through his color photos.

Hart has drawn enormous crowds to his stand-up shows and comedy films. The actor/comic says he owes a lot to his mom. "She never let me start something without finishing it."

The NPR Politics podcast is back with its weekly roundup of political news, including responses to the mass shooting in Orlando from Democrats and Republicans.

When 1st Lt. Ernesto Rodriguez deployed to Iraq, his son had only recently been born. When he returned, he struggled to keep his life together. It was his son who helped him see things through.

Thirteen years after her sidekick role in the animated undersea adventure Finding Nemo, Ellen DeGeneres returns to put her forgetful fish into the lead role in Finding Dory.

Comedian Tig Notaro shot to fame in 2012, talking candidly onstage about having cancer. Now she's in remission, recently married and the author of a new memoir called I'm Just A Person.

Eighty percent of the world lives under light-polluted skies. For the 20 percent who can see clear views of the heavens at night, we want to see your photos.

Many of the victims' relatives don't speak English. Eddie Meltzer was at Pulse and left just before the shooting started. The next day, he acted as a liaison between families and law officials.

Events were held from California to Pennsylvania, from Alaska to the Stonewall Inn in New York.

What draws people to terrorism? What propels them to commit mass murder? This week, we explore why some young people are attracted to terrorism.

The politics team discusses the mass shooting in Orlando on Sunday and the responses to the massacre from Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

The hip-hop artist's latest album shows two sides of his upbringing in the Bronx.

Judge Aaron Persky is under fire for sentencing Brock Turner, convicted of raping an unconscious woman, to just six months. A law professor leading the recall effort says Persky misapplied state law.

What if Romeo and Juliet had lived? In Ryan North's new "chooseable-path adventure" Romeo and/or Juliet, you can make sure the two never meet — or have them take over Verona in giant robot suits.

After a record deal gone sour, the singer turned in earnest to teaching gospel quartet music to Harlem teenagers. His faith-filled new album My Way Home reflects that experience.

Barkskins follows two loggers' stories over three centuries. Proulx says the forest is the hero of her book, but it's also "one facet of larger things, like climate change and the melting of the ice."

The Hamilton actor speaks with Mary Louise Kelly about the Tony Awards, breaking through in his 30s and releasing his first album for the second time.

Meet Hans Walters, lead singer of the defunct hair metal band ZTOYZ — and shark biologist at the New York Aquarium.

Catch up on interviews from NPR's special election coverage of the June 7 primaries, hosted by Ari Shapiro and Michel Martin and in collaboration with WNYC and KQED.