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John Hinckley Jr. is being released from prison 35 years after he attempted to kill Ronald Reagan. He is one of several who aimed at a president and missed.

Vigils, memorials and funerals are now happening several times a day around central Florida after last weekend's shooting. Nineteen of the 53 people injured remain hospitalized.

Colombia's president and the leader of the FARC guerrillas formally sign a peace accord Monday, ending 50 years of conflict that killed more than 200,000 people.

Through all the pain and redemption, "Johnny Cash was a good man," author Robert Hilburn tells NPR's David Greene. Hilburn's new biography of the late country singer is titled Johnny Cash: The Life.

Millions of pilgrims are expected Sunday for the joint canonization of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII. Rome is cleaning up and preparing everything from first aid stands to portable toilets.

The universe is shaped like a vuvuzela. Humans and elephants are the only animals with chins. These, and a trove of other factoids have been compiled in 1,227 Quite Interesting Facts to Blow Your Socks Off — a book by the creators of the hit British television show QI.

Hundreds of thousands of people are without power in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida. Crews in the state are fanning out to help.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jaclyn Hotard, president of St. John The Baptist Parish just west of New Orleans, about the rescue efforts after Hurricane Ida flooded the area.

The new masking guidance the CDC issued Tuesday is for places with high infection numbers. Colorado has a mix of counties with high and low numbers — and attitudes about mask guidelines and mandates.

The president's defense team wrapped up its arguments today, as senators continued to debate whether there was enough support to subpoena John Bolton, the president's former national security adviser.

An emotional Tiger Woods won the British Open tournament at Royal Liverpool Golf Club on Sunday -- his first victory since his father died from cancer in May, and his 11th major title. The win came after Woods missed the cut at the U.S. Open in June.

Robert Siegel talks with Los Angeles Times reporter John Daniszewski about the revelation of British government memos detailing early plans for invading Iraq.

Top Chinese and U.S. officials met in Rome to discuss the Ukraine crisis amid reports that Russia has asked Beijing for military and economic assistance.

Venezuela sits atop the world's largest oil reserves and is largely dependent on cash it earns through exports. The sanctions deny authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro the cash paid for the fuel.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken held the first of two days of talks with officials in Beijing. Blinken is the first member of President Biden's cabinet to visit China.

John Edwards, who never stopped running for president after the 2004 election, but whose hopes for 2008 were never realized, withdrew from the presidential race Wednesday. Edwards' failure to win Iowa was the beginning of the end, and a third-place finish in his native South Carolina may have been the final straw. He has not announced plans to endorse a rival.

Mitt Romney suspended his campaign for president Thursday, bowing to the mathematical logic that says John McCain will be the nominee of the Republican Party. Romney had poured tens of millions of dollars from his personal fortune into an effort that left him hundreds of delegates behind McCain.

Writer Geoff Johns and artist Gary Frank revisit and revise the origin of DC Comics' Caped Crusader, freed from the chains of comics continuity, in Batman: Earth One. NPR critic Glen Weldon says their take features some electrifying moments for fans.

As a prisoner of war in the "Hanoi Hilton," Air Force fighter pilot John Borling spent years composing and memorizing poetry that he tapped to fellow prisoners, like the future Sen. John McCain, using a special code.

The new book The Pun Also Rises, by 1995 O. Henry Pun-Off World Champion John Pollack, traces the surprising long and rich history of what some people call the lowest form of humor.