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On Thursday, the U.S. launched a missile strike on a Syrian air base following allegations the Assad regime attacked civilians with chemical weapons. NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Jennifer Cafarella from the Institute for the Study of War on how the U.S. response might affect the Syrian civil war.

A judge has delayed hearings set to start Monday in the state House. A special counsel has released a report accusing Gov. Robert Bentley of using state resources to hide his affair with an aide.

Morphine, like other opiates, is controversial. It poses risks. But for some patients, like a man in India who's profiled in a short documentary, the painkiller offers hope.

Last weekend, a Trump staffer was accused of violating the 1939 law barring federal employees from certain political activities. But the jury's still out over whether he actually did.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with reporter Kareem Shaheen of The Guardian. He was the first Western journalist to enter the scene of the chemical attack in the town of Khan Shaykhun.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to NASCAR's most popular driver, Dale Earnhardt Jr., about how concussions have changed the sport, and his driving.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to 19-year-old rock climber Margo Hayes, who climbed the famously difficult cliff in Spain known as La Rambla, becoming the first woman to climb that specific grade.

Two explosions on Palm Sunday targeted Coptic Christians in Tanta and in Alexandria in Egypt. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Bel Trew of The Times of London.

Julia Angwin of ProPublica discusses a new study that found, on average, drivers who live in white neighborhoods pay less for car insurance than those in predominantly non-white neighborhoods.

Award-winning chef Barbara Lynch succeeded in what traditionally has been a male-dominated industry. She spoke to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her amazing life, and her new memoir, Out of Line.

Unlike food — which gives us sensory cues like crunchy and hot, as well as tasting, say, salty — with wine, it's all about tiny differences in taste and smell. The danger is in getting too poetic.

Also: Egypt declares an emergency after yesterday's suicide bombings; Alabama lawmakers open impeachment hearings against Gov. Robert Bentley; and the Great Barrier Reef is dangerously bleaching.

The story of a mysterious Florida musician, fake identities and the record-breaking sale of a rare album that might not actually exist.

Authorities are learning more about the man who attacked Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament in London this week. The attack corresponds closely with instructions provided by ISIS' propaganda magazine, which details which kinds of vehicles to use and even which kinds of knives to use — and not use — in these types of terror attacks.

"Go, Go Power Rangers!" - but should you? The film's playful, earnest tone and "gung-ho chintziness" slowly won critic Scott Tobias over.

The attorney for Raquan Borum and prosecutors agree on one thing: Borum shot and killed Justin Carr last September during protests in uptown. But they…

Republican leaders are trying to bridge the divide on their bill to alter the Affordable Care Act. NPR's Ron Elving explains the options available to them, and the potential consequences of failure.

As part of a reality show, contestants spent months away from civilization in the Scottish Highlands without TV. They emerged to find out their reality show was off the air.

House Speaker Tim Moore has given his fellow Republican representatives a bit of homework this weekend.Consider a new plan which would change House Bill…

Prolific sci-fi author John Scalzi boots up a new universe in The Collapsing Empire. It's set in a future where far-flung humanity's ability to travel and communicate between planets is under threat.