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The screenwriter, producer, director and actor, whose name has become synonymous with American comedy, talks about his penchant for spoofs and his decades-long friendship with Carl Reiner. Brooks, who is among a handful of people who've won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, is the subject of a new documentary on PBS.

Despite the fact that no black actors were nominated in any high-profile categories, Academy Awards host Chris Rock kept race at the center of the event.

NPR's Carrie Johnson and Hansi Lo Wang talk with David Greene about the latest details in the mass shooting. Johnson says authorities haven't yet shared a timeline of victims' deaths and injuries.

U.S. and other NATO troops are spending less time fighting the Taliban and more time making local Afghan governments self-sufficient. It's a slow process.

"The top priority is diagnosis — the capability to be able to pick up this virus, should it emerge outside of China," says virologist John McCauley. Flu researchers are getting started on creating a vaccine, but there are still many unknowns.

Hospitals are preparing for how to handle mass shootings in case the next one is in their backyard. One difficult call is whether to lockdown the facility, which can have emotional consequences.

"I never thought I would live to see this day," said one of the women participating in a recent celebration in Jerusalem.

The turnaround is welcome news after rising drug overdose and suicide rates had pushed life expectancy down since 2014. Could America be turning the tide on opioid addiction?

Two more people have died from COVID-19, raising the U.S. death toll to 11. The most recent fatality is connected to a cruise ship that traveled from the U.S. to Mexico.

Experts say the island's response to the coronavirus has been remarkably effective so far, despite many serious challenges — like being right next to China.