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NPR's Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

At 11 years old, novelist George Pelecanos witnessed the aftermath of Washington, D.C.'s 1968 race riots, and he's never forgotten it. Now he uses fictional Detective Derek Strange, one of D.C.'s first black cops, to explore the intersection of crime, race and class in the nation's capital.

Five years ago, a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol with the goal of stopping the certification of the presidential election. NPR's Tom Dreisbach wanted to preserve a record of the moments before, during, and after the attacks for future generations.

Mayor Marion Barry's decision to go on retreat for reasons of health and spiritual well-being. Mayor Barry left one retreat near Annapolis on Wednesday for another in St. Louis. There has been widespread speculation that he may have relapsed into drugs and alcohol, speculation which has not been confirmed.

Former President Trump spoke to the Christian conservative group Faith and Freedom Coalition as the House Jan. 6 committee continues its hearings laying out his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

The man convicted in the 1979 killing of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York City has had his conviction thrown out. A jury convicted Pedro Hernandez following his confession in the notorious abduction.

President Obama addressed the nation's schoolchildren Tuesday, urging them to work hard. Some students at Stuart-Hobson Middle School in Washington, D.C., who watched the president's address, called his speech "really true," and "inspirational."

WCAI's Brian Morris hosts the Weekly News Roundup, a look at some of the top stories of the week. With Brian is Gwenn Friss of the Cape Cod Times, Tim…

A judge blocks Donald Trump's bid to keep the public from seeing what he did Jan. 6. Troops prevent migrants from crossing into Poland from Belarus. Sixteen U.N. staffers in Ethiopia are detained.