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Syrians have been putting down roots in Allentown, Pa., for a century. The city's mayor is happy to have Syrian refugees fleeing the current conflict join his community — but not all residents agree.

Jeremy Richman's daughter was killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Ct. He and his wife research the forces that increase a person's risk of violence. He talks to Steve Inskeep.

Representatives are in Paris hammering out an agreement to cut CO2 emissions. But most of the people charged with preparing cities and towns for the worst impacts of climate change won't be there.

To explore Saudi Arabia's role in Yemen's civil war, Mary Louise Kelly talks to Gen. Ahmad Asiri Asiri, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition that is backing Yemen's president.

A new film imagines a dystopian future where feelings are forbidden — but never manages to generate an emotional response in the viewer.

Turkey's president insists an aging Islamic scholar exiled in Pennsylvania was behind the coup attempt in Turkey. Fethullah Gulen has a large following in Turkey and among Turks around the world.

Harold Arlen's son and his estate are suing Google, Apple, Amazon and scores of record labels for illegally selling and streaming his music.

Mecklenburg State Sen. Dan Bishop easily won the Republican primary for the 9th Congressional District Tuesday, setting up a September general election…

The 2017 Tiny Desk Contest winners are set to release their first major-label LP, Green Balloon, on May 3.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with American freelance reporter Cody Weddle, who was detained in Venezuela and then deported back to the U.S.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to William Harkness, co-founder of InterSurgeon, a free service that connects surgeons globally and helps low-income countries provide access to surgical care.

Food banks are flush with meat, cheese and milk, with twice as much as they usually have, as farmer supply outstrips demand. Some charities are scheduling extra distributions to prevent waste.

Support is growing in Europe for an international tribunal to try ISIS suspects in Iraq or northeast Syria. A Kurdish trial reveals how those tribunals may work.

The Arkansas-born blues singer looks back on her career and discusses Travelin' Woman, her first album in more than 20 years.

Updated: 6 p.m.A Charlotte city council committee is recommending stronger noise rules to the full council. Those include a limit on amplified noise…

President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir was overthrown in a military coup Thursday after over 30 years in office. The coup follows months of violent demonstrations and calls for him to step down.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to ProPublica reporter Justin Elliott about a bipartisan congressional measure which could ban the Internal Revenue Service from offering free online tax filing,

"Hello Sunshine," the first single from Bruce Springsteen's upcoming album Western Stars,shares the same melancholy space as early '70s ballads by Jimmy Webb and Kris Kristofferson.

Governments all over the world use bonds to raise money. We examine how the the first bond came to be, and how it transformed the way governments borrow money.

The country's cabinet has agreed "in principle" to tighten laws in the aftermath of the most deadly shooting in the country's history.