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Justin Kasieta, who is 22 now, was just 13 when his father died and he was thrust into a role looking after his four younger siblings. In college, he interned in the state legislature and the U.S. Congress.

These kids used to get the bill for their own foster care. Now that's changing

States routinely took the benefits checks of children in foster care who were orphans or disabled. After an NPR/Marshall Project investigation, there's reform.

The new documentary Little Richard: I Am Everything premieres Monday Sept. 4. Above, Little Richard performs in 1975.

CNN's new Little Richard documentary is a worthy tribute to the rock 'n' roll legend

Little Richard: I Am Everything focuses on the star's roots in — and struggle with — his connection to queer culture. TV critic Eric Deggans says it's a masterpiece.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Independence Square during his visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

Blinken tells Ukraine U.S. aid will make a difference against Russia's offensive

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kyiv and said some new U.S. aid already arrived and more will reach the battlefield in the coming weeks.

A line forms Monday outside the courthouse for a chance to sit in on the 16th day of former President Trump's hush-money trial in Manhattan, N.Y.

These people waited hours to see the Trump hush-money trial up close. Here's why

New Yorkers and tourists alike stand in line outside the Manhattan criminal court with hopes of securing a spot in one of the rooms where the trial against former President Donald Trump can be viewed.

There is a record high rate of homelessness in the United States. An annual federal count found some 650,000 unhoused people on a single night in 2023.

Amid record homelessness, a Texas think tank tries to upend how states tackle it

The conservative Cicero Institute is working with states to ban street camps, and shift money away from housing to addiction treatment. Homelessness advocates says such moves are counterproductive.

The Hubble Space Telescope in 2009, locked in a space shuttle's cargo bay, before the final repair work ever done.

Private mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope raises concerns, NASA emails show

When a private space traveler said he wanted to take a SpaceX capsule on a mission to improve the aging Hubble telescope, NASA studied the options. Internal emails show concern about the risk.

Sperm whales have lengthy exchanges, made up of clicks, which scientists have found is more complex than previously thought.

What are sperm whales saying? Researchers find a complex 'alphabet'

Researchers say sperm whales have a complex communication system, an example of how new technology is opening up the mysterious world of animal language.

Playwright Paula Vogel is known not just for her work on Broadway — but for the generations of famous playwrights whose careers she has nurtured. Above, Jessica Lange in Paula Vogel's Mother Play.

In honor of Mother's Day, here's 'Mother Play' — which gestated for 40 years

Playwright Paula Vogel is known not just for her work on Broadway — but for the generations of famous playwrights whose careers she has nurtured. Mother Play is about her own mother.

Patricia Nieshoff and her son Edward, circa 2006.

This single mom was alone at the hospital with her son. Then a familiar face appeared

In 2006, Patricia Nieshoff's three-year-old son had a seizure. She was a single mother, with no one to accompany her to the hospital. But an hour into her hospital stay, a familiar face appeared.

A person votes at a polling station in Manhattan during New York's presidential primary on April 2.

New federal grants aimed to support elections. Many voting officials didn't see a dime

Voting officials cheered when it was announced that a portion of a multibillion-dollar federal grant program would go to election security. But in many cases, the allocations didn't go as planned.

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