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NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Iranian director Asghar Farhadi about his new film, A Hero. The story examines the complexity of what appears to many to be a good deed.

The parents of the Michigan school shooting suspect ignored numerous warning signs that included hallucinations, animal torture and obsession over guns and Nazi propaganda, prosecutors say. (Image credit: Carlos Osorio/AP)

Braille first encountered an early predecessor to his tactile writing system in 1821, while he was still an adolescent.

This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Barrels of ink have rightly been cracked this week to mark the one-year anniversary

Despite the high public demand for tests, White House officials say it will still be several more weeks before these kits are available to be shipped.

Despite the high public demand for tests, White House officials say it will still be several more weeks before these kits are available to be shipped.

New York auction house Guernsey’s has postponed the sale of some of the South African leader’s belongings, including the key to his cell and the shirt he wore when he was released from Robben Island. (Image credit: Scott Applewhite/AP)

Novak Djokovic isn’t alone in having his visa canceled after flying in for the Australian Open without the required evidence to support a medical exemption to the country’s strict COVID-19 vaccination rules.

Novak Djokovic isn’t alone in having his visa canceled after flying in for the Australian Open without the required evidence to support a medical exemption to the country’s strict COVID-19 vaccination rules.

We asked global thinkers like Malala, doctors dealing with the pandemic, educators and more — if you were in charge of the world, what would you like to see happen this year. (Image credit: Dola Sun for NPR)