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"Maybe I have become a kind of symbol of hope": Ukrainian woman survives nine-story fall in Russian drone strike.

NPR's Jacki Lyden reports that a leading Iranian dissident is returning to the country after nearly a year of self-imposed exile. Abdol Karim Soroush, a leading Islamic philosopher, has angered the authorities by arguing against Iran's theocratic style of government. He disagrees with the government's rigid interpretation of Islam, and insists there is no reason why Islam cannot be compatible with Western concepts of democracy and human rights.

These days, Cesaria Évora spends a lot of time delivering her unique vocal stylings to the four corners of the globe. However, she always goes home to find her musical inspiration — the rhythm of life in her native Cape Verde.

In wildfire-prone Malibu, the movie stars and millionaires flee at the first sight of a blaze. But 81-year-old resident Millie Decker always stays behind to fight the flames – just as her ancestors have done since the 1880s.

20 years ago today, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. NPR's Michel Martin went to New Orleans to talk with residents who stayed and rebuilt their homes after the storm.

Compelling photos capture the lives of occupiers who say gentrification and a lack of affordable housing in Cape Town have left them no choice but to reclaim space in a city that's squeezing them out.

John Biewen of American RadioWorks explores how one predominantly black neighborhood in Durham, North Carolina, tries to cope with a high incarceration rate…and with the steady flow of returning ex-inmates.

A new nursing school breaks ground in Montana, a report details chemical hazards in drinking water, and state lawmakers hope the federal government will invest in rare earth mineral extraction from Butte's Berkeley Pit.

Results from an investigation into Native American boarding schools in Montana document deaths while dispelling other concerns, a small Montana community breaks ground on a new hospital and a recap of Donald Trump's visit to Montana.

On her latest recording, Devil's Got Your Tongue, jazz singer Abbey Lincoln includes two songs about her parents -- both of whom are now dead. Lincoln says she composed the songs because there were a few things she still needed to write down and to say.