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In four years, an estimated 31,000 people have died in the Syrian city of Aleppo. NPR's Scott Simon asks: Does the rest of the world's indifference encourage the tyrants who crush their own people?

For author Jeanette Winterson, Christmas is as much about food as it is about storytelling. So her new book Christmas Days combines stories with favorite recipes from her friends and family.

German authorities are using online hunters who sift through websites and videos to find Muslim extremists and monitor their recruitment efforts.

The term "celebrity chef" term doesn't quitefit for Bourdain — after all, most of the restaurants where he's worked have closed. His new cookbook is called Appetites.

Women's contributions to scientific progress are often ignored — but two new books, Dava Sobel's The Glass Universe and Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures are out to remedy that oversight.

NPR's Barrie Hardymon recommends her favorite books for these long winter days. She speaks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about her picks for 2016.

Pastry chef Aggie Chin talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about sweet treats to prepare for your holiday party. This week, it's pear upside down spice cake.

The lawsuit was one of the cases that inspired the new law — the Consumer Review Fairness Act — that aims to curb one avenue businesses have used to sue customers for posting negative online reviews.

Governor-elect Roy Cooper says Republican leaders of the North Carolina General Assembly will call a special session Tuesday to repeal House Bill 2. That…

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Wall Street Journal reporter Anton Troianovski about the truck attack in Berlin that left nine dead and 48 wounded after a truck ran through a crowd at a Christmas market.

Drive down any suburban neighborhood and you'll see them. Homeowners are ditching strings of lights. Instead, projectors send hundreds of red and green lasers dancing across the outside of homes.

Rachel Martin discusses what's being done to ensure the safety of tens of thousands of civilians with Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

At a news conference on Tuesday, Germany's interior minister said there was no doubt that the incident was a terrorist attack. A Pakistani asylum-seeker has been detained by authorities.

A deer smashed through a window and took a few laps around the gym. It then stepped outside and disappeared in the woods

The foreign ministers of Russia and Turkey will meet as previously scheduled Tuesday — despite Monday's assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey by a 22-year-old Turlish policeman.

North Carolina's political scene has been full of surprises lately, like last week's unexpected special legislative session to limit the governor's…

Charlotte City Council members voted unanimously Monday night to add one more item to their 2017 lobbying priorities: Seeking legislation to give…

Does this sound familiar? One minute you’re raking autumn leaves, and the next thing you know Santa’s on your rooftop.Yes, it’s the final countdown. Even…

Turkish authorities track down more information on how a member of their own police assassinated the Russian ambassador to Turkey.

German police launched a massive manhunt for the person who they believe killed a truck driver and hijacked his vehicle before driving it into a Christmas market in Berlin on Monday. The only suspect was released Tuesday due to lack of evidence.