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Belgium's interior minister agrees there were mistakes made by the country's security services before the attacks on March 22, but he blames years of neglect that hampered an effective response to violent extremism.

A funeral service for Toronto's Former Mayor Rob Ford was held Wednesday in his home town. NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star about Ford's life and political legacy.

It’s been 20 years since city officials updated Charlotte’s trash pickup policies. The proposed changes they are considering have many residents seeing…

The terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday spurred reactions from some of the presidential candidates in the U.S.

Despite the economic embargo on Cuba, the country's economy is changing thanks to its newly improved relationship with the United States. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with the Atlantic Council's Rachel DeLevie-Orey about what's happened, and what we should look for next.

President Obama speaks to the Cuban people about the complicated relationship between the U.S. and Cuba. One sign of how that relationship is evolving? A U.S. versus Cuba baseball game.

NPR hears from people at the Brussels airport and metro station where Tuesday's attacks took place.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Maryam al-Khawaja, a human rights activist from Bahrain. Last week, al-Khawaja's sister was arrested for what Maryam calls "exercising her right to free expression."

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Wall Street Journal reporter based in Brussels, Gabriele Steinhauser, for on-the-ground analysis of the terrorist attacks.

More than two dozen people were killed and more than 230 injured in terror attacks in Brussels on Tuesday. The Islamic State claimed responsibility and police are searching for people who helped facilitate the attacks, including a driver who dropped them at the airport and a man who accompanied them inside. Both were caught on security cameras.

Also: Jeb Bush will endorse Ted Cruz for President; the Supreme Court hears a challenge to the Affordable Care Act; and a Seattle man climbs a giant tree, disrupts traffic and won't come down.

Final results are in for two of last week’s Mecklenburg County General Assembly primaries and both are close enough that recounts are planned.Incumbent…

With a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, NPR's Emily Harris digs into the social science behind decision-making.

Ted Cruz's candidacy is now supported by a total of seven superPACs, several with different missions. The newest one is trying to consolidate their power against the GOP front-runner.

Scientists now have evidence the Zika virus was spreading in South America long before health officials detected it. The findings suggest Zika could be hiding out in other corners of the world, and Southeast Asia may be the next region to see a big outbreak.

It's been a year since Saudi Arabia began what it said would be a quick bombing campaign in Yemen. Thousands of deaths later, the bombing goes on, but there are signs the Saudis are trying negotiate a way out.

With pressure mounting to improve inter-agency communication, European ministers hold contentious talks in Brussels, a city reeling from the deadly terrorist attacks this week.

Brussels residents tell us how this week's terrorist bombings have affected their feelings about their city and its future.

Zack Snyder's follow-up to Man of Steelshows little inventiveness or spirit, and smells suspiciously like a studio's attempt to chase a rival, rather than a project allowed to develop creatively.

There's not much to My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, but for those who've missed the raucous Portokalos clan since 2002, it's fun to visit with them again.