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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, a member of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capital, for a preview Thursday's primetime hearing.

Journeys — near and far, into the past and even into near space — are the subject of the novels, memoirs and narrative histories that make up critic Maureen Corrigan's summer reading list.

Five years ago, a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol with the goal of stopping the certification of the presidential election. NPR's Tom Dreisbach wanted to preserve a record of the moments before, during, and after the attacks for future generations.

The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City has had his conviction thrown out. A jury convicted Pedro Hernandez following his confession in the notorious abduction.

Lacking connection can increase the risk for premature death to levels comparable to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to a new advisory from the U.S. Surgeon General.

The shortlisted titles include novels and novellas from authors and translators spanning four continents, with stories that range from Japanese-controlled 1930s Taiwan to the streets of Tehran in 1979.

U.S. cases have been rising sharply since the middle of September, when the daily rate was hovering around 40,000 cases.

On Wednesday, Britain's top court clarified the legal definition of a woman: Someone born biologically female. The ruling has implications for transgender rights.

A judge blocks Donald Trump's bid to keep the public from seeing what he did Jan. 6. Troops prevent migrants from crossing into Poland from Belarus. Sixteen U.N. staffers in Ethiopia are detained.

We asked people who immigrated to the United States what the day meant to them — and how their feelings about the holiday have changed since they first arrived.