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A new exhibit in the National Gallery of Art explores painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's relationship to Montmartre, the Paris district that drew artists and bohemians in the late 19th century.

John Hinckley Jr. faces a hearing to determine whether or not he can be released from a mental health facility to care for his ailing mother. The case raises questions about the role of the insanity defense and what happens to the criminally insane after they leave the courtroom.

A political scandal has erupted in India over allegations of corruption in parliament. Secretly filmed video shows legislators accepting bribes. The politicians were caught by a "sting operation" jointly organized by one of India's 24-hour television news networks and a website.

The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that there are millions of people living in mixed-immigration-status families in the U.S. Immigration attorney Kamal Essaheb and Center for Public Integrity reporter Susan Ferriss discuss the challenges these families face.

Viet Thanh Nguyen grew up in America with war movies like Apocalypse Now and Platoon, which offer accounts of the war focusing on Americans. His new novel, The Sympathizer, follows a Vietnamese spy.

The scale of China's construction in the South China Sea's Spratly Islands is clear in new satellite images released by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, whose director speaks with NPR.

Iraq will have a new constitution by Monday's deadline. Several politicians involved in drafting the document say it may even be ready by Sunday. Will it be effective? A key question -- the role of Islam in government -- remains.

Satellite imagery of a coral atoll in the South China Sea shows the reef is growing. A U.S. military official likens Beijing's land reclamation to building a "great wall of sand."

It's a gelatinous slab of pork, salt and starch — and in fancy packaging, it's a popular holiday gift. So how did South Korea become the world's No. 2 Spam consumer? Blame it on the war.

Funds allocated to fight Ebola have vanished into thin air. That kind of funny money business happens all too often when disaster strikes and donations roll in.