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This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows a ballistic missile test at an undisclosed location. On Friday, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to penalize North Korea for its recent missile tests with further sanctions.

U.N. Security Council Unanimously Broadens Sanctions On North Korea

China, a longtime friend of the North, joined the rest of the Security Council members in penalizing the country for its missile tests, adding over a dozen people and entities to a blacklist Friday.

A woman looks at a memorial at the Hollywood Transit Center in Portland, Ore., on Thursday. Last week three men were stabbed, two fatally, after they stood up for two young women who were being harassed on a MAX train at the center.

After Appeal By Portland Survivor, More Donations For The Girls He Defended

Three men were stabbed, two fatally, after they confronted a train passenger hurling abuse at two teenage girls. The survivor, hailed as a hero, was worried that the young women were being forgotten.

Donald Trump, at a Florida campaign rally in October, hasn't gotten a thumbs-up from the vast majority of Democrats, a reflection of the partisan divide in modern politics.

Trump's Approval Rating Decline Isn't That Big Compared With Predecessors' Drops

Yes, the president has grown more unpopular, but Bill Clinton's and Gerald Ford's spectacular early term plunges dwarf Trump's dip.

On May 24, George Mwinnyaa graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's degree in public health.

My Improbable Graduation: From A Tiny Village In Ghana To Johns Hopkins

George Mwinnyaa didn't get high enough scores for admission in his homeland. So he put his dreams on hold. Here's how he came to earn his diploma at Johns Hopkins University.

In Wisconsin, WHA Celebrates 100 Years Of Broadcasting

WHA and Wisconsin Public Radio helped set the template for what became NPR. This year marks the station's centennial.

The Washington Admirals quidditch team practices at Thomas Jefferson Community and Fitness Center in Arlington, Va. The real-life sport was inspired by the magical one described in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books, in which players fly about on broomsticks.

There May Not Be Flying, But Quidditch Still Creates Magic

Quidditch leapt from the screen to real-life muggle fields in 2005. Now, it's grown big enough to have a major league, and the intensity and athleticism involved is anything but fictional.

Not My Job: We Ask The Choreographer Of 'The Lion King' About Lying Kings

Fagan choreographed The Lion King on Broadway, so we've decided to quiz him on lying kings — three questions about really deceitful people. Originally broadcast Oct. 22, 2016.

When it comes to millennials, it's likely no surprise that the generation that takes advantage of the Internet the most is also the generation that devotes the most time and money to the $10 billion self-care industry.

The Millennial Obsession With Self-Care

Why are millennials so dedicated to self-care, while their parents are considerably more averse to the phenomenon?

Washington Reaction To London Incident

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with NPR's Scott Horsley about the White House reaction to the London incident.

Israelis Have Mixed Feelings About The 50th Anniversary Of The Six Day War

This week marks the 50th Anniversary of the Arab-Israeli Six Day War. Michel Martin speaks with Jane Eisner, editor of The Forward, about Israelis' feelings toward marking the event.

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