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Black Americans endured over 1.6 million more excess deaths in the last two decades compared to white Americans.

There are over 6,000 languages in the world today. Some experts say the majority are on the verge of disappearance. NPR's Dean Olsher considers the rapid deaths of many of the world's languages -- like Papua New Guinea's Arapesh -- and reports on the debate in the linguistic community over the need to intervene and save them.

American basketball star Brittney Griner has been jailed in Russia for five months and 6 days now.

Genevieve Peters encouraged people to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Some lawmakers — including some Republicans — have argued that Jordan shouldn’t be speaker because he is an extremist, citing his role in Jan. 6.

Injustice authors Carol Leonnig and Aaron Davis say following Jan. 6, the cases against the former president were stymied by the FBI's desire to preserve its independence from politics.

The U.S. provides around $1.3 billion in annual aid to the Egyptian military. A good deal of that money actually goes to U.S. defense contractors that provide hardware and services for Egypt's army. Here's a list of the companies receiving the biggest contracts.

Hate crimes in 2015 increased by more than 6 percent, according to the FBI's crime statistics. Religiously motivated incidents rose by nearly 23 percent, with anti-Muslim attacks up 67 percent.

The president's business canceled memberships in the National Jupiter Golf Club, but kept the fees. A federal court has ruled the company must refund nearly $6 million.

The country supergroup will release its self-titled debut on Sept. 6. Hear the first single, "Redesigning Women."