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The Midwest Medical Examiner's office in Ramsey, Minn., confirmed that iconic pop star Prince died from a self-administered dose of fentanyl — a powerful opiate used to control pain.

Twelve teams representing stateless peoples, minorities and unrecognized countries are competing, and the champion will be crowned on Sunday. David Greene talks to Max Seddon of The Financial Times.

Nearly 3 decades have passed since democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square turned deadly and repression followed. Ailsa Chang talks to Louisa Lim, author of People's Republic of Amnesia.

At last year's Franklin Half Marathon in Leiper's Fork, Tenn., runners has to pass hecklers — musicians camped out on the road. The video went viral. It's now called the Hillbilly Half Marathon.

Last month, we reported on a mug that hid jewelry from Nazi eyes. Now a family shares their own story of a tea canister carried from Poland to Siberia to America — with the possibility of gold inside.

Ten refugees — swimmers, runners and judo athletes — have been named to the first-ever Olympics refugee team. They'll compete this August in Rio, where two of the refugee athletes already live.

A proposal by New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte to increase criminal penalties for possessing fentanyl is drawing the ire of advocates, who want to treat drug use as a public health problem.

The smash Broadway hit Hamilton is bringing legions of new fans to the grave sites of Alexander Hamilton and his wife, Eliza, both at Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan.

The move comes as the city is struggling to regain public trust in its police force in the wake of the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old.

Things have gotten so bad in the small Florida city of Opa-locka that the state has taken over its finances and city leaders are the subject of two corruption investigations.