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Months before Rosa Parks became the mother of the modern civil rights movement by refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus, Black teenager Claudette Colvin did the same.

Illegal wildlife trade totals billions of dollars a year globally, and conservationists say the problem is most acute in Southeast Asia. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports in a three-part series for NPR/National Geographic Radio Expeditions

Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the United Nations agency.

There are many ways to grieve. In Massachusetts, people who have lost loved ones take a weekly walk. They say strolling in a park is the perfect casual setting for sharing their feelings.

Police in Los Angeles on Monday made an arrest in connection with a string of arson fires that have left that city on edge. Most of the fires were set in parked cars, and some spread to carports, garages and apartments. All Things Considered host Melissa Block talks to reporter Sam Quinones, who is following the story for the Los Angeles Times.

Laura Sullivan is an NPR News investigative correspondent whose work has cast a light on some of the country's most significant issues.

A Black sisterhood of hikers in Colorado now has chapters across the U.S. and Canada, and includes other sports. "Being around nature, it's like grounding yourself," a founder says. "That is vital."

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wuky/local-wuky-779242.mp3Lexington, KY – John Nicholson, Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse…

By WUKY Staffhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wuky/local-wuky-927502.mp3Lexington, KY – The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games has…

The towering sequoias only grow on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and are among the most ancient living things on Earth.