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The job market is tougher for those with a criminal record. But a Texas women's prison offers inmates skills in braille transcription that could help them support themselves when they are released.

Xi Jinping arrives in the US this week for an important summit with President Trump. We look at what President Trump and the Chinese leader want out of this visit.

Filipino mythology takes the stage in the new film 'Forgotten Island.' NPR's Debbie Elliott speaks to actress Lea Salonga, who voices the Manananggal.

Miss Marple is back and on holiday in the Alps, but there's no holiday from wickness! NPR's Debbie Elliott talks with author Lucy Foley about "Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel."

In the bustling heart of the southern Indian city of Chennai is a market that never sleeps, where residents from the poorest neighborhoods wage a battle of survival with the sea.

A fisherman has the ultimate fishing tale: He spotted an adult humpback whale has in California's largest river. That's a rare sighting in those parts.

NPR speaks with people in Yemen and in aid groups who say the fighting is displacing families to areas without enough aid to support them.

We look at Republican Congressman Jeff Hurd's campaign in Colorado, where he is using his breaks with President Trump as an asset in his bid for reelection.

Eastern monarch butterflies are flying more than 2,000 miles south, through the central U.S., to overwinter in Mexico. We look at a project aimed to help the pollinators along their journey.

We look at President Trump's announced ban of some media outlets covering the White House, as well as what a big cash windfall might mean for Republicans in the coming midterm elections.