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NPR's Rachel Martin talks to state Rep. James White, an East Texas Republican who supports gun rights, about firearm legislation following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

While President Biden honored the 19 children and two teachers killed in the massacre at Robb Elementary School, residents want to know why the police were slow to respond to the shooting.

Sunday's first round produced two top vote-getters from very different backgrounds. The June 19 runoff will be a contest between a left-wing former guerrilla and a populist real-estate mogul.

More than one in 20 Americans struggled with serious mental illness even before the pandemic hit, and the shutdown of services and support networks took a toll. But many found ways to get through it.

In North Carolina, key buildings at a 1940s-era segregated Marine base are being restored. The structures at Montford Point, now part of Camp Lejeune, were used by the first Black Marines.

As Russia's war in Ukraine has dragged on, the price of wheat has skyrocketed. U.S. farmers are looking to capitalize on the crop, but drought and inflation are complicating the possibility.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with James Densley, a professor at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota, about the lessons he learned from studying a database of mass shooters.

Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, who shepherded Estonia into the EU and NATO in the early 2000s, hopes the world is finally waking up to the dangers Russia poses.

Biden visited Uvalde as DOJ announced a review of how police responded to the attack. There will be a presidential runoff in Colombia. People with serious mental illness struggled during the pandemic.

My story is unique in some ways, but also similar to that of many immigrants. And it brings up certain questions; like, what are the emotional consequences of emigrating to a different country?