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A grocery worker whispered into her phone during a 911 call so she wouldn't draw the shooter's attention. She says the dispatcher yelled at her for whispering. The two ended up disconnected.

After nearly seven years in office, Duncan bows out, leaving behind a remarkable legacy of achievement and controversy.

In a fit of anger or in the grip of fear, many of us make decisions that we never would have anticipated. This week, we look at situations that make us strangers to ourselves — and why it's so difficult to remember what these "hot states" feel like once the moment is over.

Our 10 finalists for the best college podcasts in the country include students from some familiar schools, and a few surprises.

Lata Mangeshkar recorded more than 25,000 songs for Indian movie musicals. She died in Mumbai, where she had been hospitalized with pneumonia and COVID-19.

It takes 106 football players to sell out an NFL stadium — or one Taylor Swift. So when the pop superstar was linked to Travis Kelce, fans immediately took action.

Hilaree Nelson went missing this week after falling from the world's eighth-highest mountain in Nepal. Her body was recovered Wednesday and transported to Nepal's capital.

Commentator Frank Deford has cooked up a plan that invokes Tinker Bell for baseball's annual All-Star Game.

Kimia Alizadeh, who won a bronze medal for taekwondo at the 2016 summer Olympics, described her decision to leave Iran as difficult, but necessary.

Defending champion North Carolina suffered a shocking loss to George Mason in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, seeing its dreams of another title end in the second round. Steve Inskeep talks to commentator John Feinstein about the first weekend of March Madness.