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Big Sell-Off In Chinese Real Estate Stocks Caused Worldwide Market Dip

Stock markets slumped amid worries about instability in China's financial system, creating uncertainty over one of the world's top economies.

The table saws in David Butler's (left) workshop are outfitted with prototypes of his "Whirlwind" safety brake system. He and his lifelong friend Robert Calhoun filed their first Whirlwind Tool Co. patent in 2009.

Fixing The Cutting Edge: Innovation Meets Table Saw

When you think of new technology, table saws don't generally come to mind, but more and more inventors are trying to make them safer — and David Butler is one of them. His Whirlwind safety brake can stop a blade in less than a second and fits onto any existing saw.

Pedro The Lion's new album, <em>Phoenix</em>, comes out Jan. 18 on Polyvinyl Records.

With 'Phoenix', Pedro the Lion's David Bazan Emerges from the Mines of His Interiority

On the first Pedro the Lion album in 15 years, songwriter David Bazan reckons with his roots, telling an origin story while avoiding any trace of self-mythologizing.

David Hare's plays and screenplays include <em>Plenty, Skylight, The Blue Room, The Hours</em> and <em>Stuff Happens. </em>

Dramatist David Hare Says, Like Many Writers, He's Driven By Doubt

"My ability to see what's going on in a room or analyze what's going on inside a person comes from my own doubts about what's going on inside myself," he says. Hare's memoir is The Blue Touch Paper.

Although he is not financially responsible, illusionist David Copperfield still paid a steep price: His lawyers were unable to prevent the disclosure of secrets about the illusion in question, known as "Lucky #13."

David Copperfield Found Negligent But Won't Pay For Injury During Magic Act

A British tourist sued the famed illusionist, saying he suffered a serious brain injury after falling while acting as a volunteer for an onstage trick in 2013.

Exit interview: David Rennie ends 6 years covering Beijing for 'The Economist'

David Rennie, longtime China Bureau Chief of "The Economist," is leaving Beijing. In Part 1 of an exit interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Rennie talks about where the Chinese economy is headed.

A woman walks between tents that house the hospital wards at a camp for displaced persons in South Sudan. The photo was taken in February.

Remembering David Gilkey: His NPR buddies share stories about their favorite pictures

It is the 7th anniversary of the death of NPR photographer David GIlkey, who was killed by a grenade attack while on assignment in Afghanistan. His colleagues talk about his life and work.

This court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook shows Ali Harbi Ali in the dock at the Old Bailey accused of stabbing to death David Amess, a Conservative member of Parliament, in London on March 21.

An Islamic State supporter is found guilty of killing U.K. lawmaker David Amess

After just 18 minutes, a jury found Ali Harbi Ali guilty of murder and preparing terrorist acts. Ali stabbed Amess to death last year while he was meeting with voters at a church in eastern England.

"Boy and Lincoln, 1963" by David Johnson.

Photographer David Johnson, who chronicled San Francisco's Black culture, dies at 97

Johnson studied with Ansel Adams in the 1940s and became known as one of the foremost photographers of San Francisco's Black urban culture.

Parkland school shooting survivor David Hogg speaks during an anti-gun violence rally in Boston on March 25, 2023.

A lesson Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg learned: Find the joy

David Hogg is a survivor of the 2018 mass shooting at his high school. He talks about advocacy, finding common ground with opponents and the importance of making time for joy amid the pain.

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