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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former U.S. poet laureate, Joy Harjo, about her book "Washing My Mother's Body" where she explores the complexity of a daughter's grief as she reflects on her mother's life.

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has opened up 73 jobs to internal candidates. They include roles just vacated by people who are receiving full pay and benefits through September.

The White House is proposing average cuts of 35% to agencies — except for the Pentagon and Homeland Security. Actual spending cuts though are up to Congress.

Jazz fest starts this weekend in New Orleans and one of its headliners is rapper Lil' Wayne who made it to the main stage with the Roots.

Pope Francis often spoke with great sympathy for immigrants and refugees. NPR's Scott Simon reminds us that the pope's father fled Mussolini's Italy, immigrating to Argentina.

Meet Bridgette and Paula Powers, identical twins who speak in synch and dedicate themselves to animal conservation.

The faithful come to the Vatican to mark their respects for Pope Francis, who died Monday at 88.

Wisconsin voters decide on the state's next Supreme Court justice, and with it, the possibility of issues like abortion, voting and union rights. It's the most expensive court race in U.S. history.

Some religious leaders liken Donald Trump to the ancient Persian King Cyrus and the Ancient Israelite King Jehu. But those who teach biblical studies worry about such comparisons.