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Brooklyn-born Bill Internicola, 91, says he was "flabbergasted" when he got a letter asking him to show proof he was a U.S. citizen or be removed from the voting rolls. Florida is targeting suspected noncitizens, saying it's trying to prevent fraudulent voting.

U.S. and Afghan forces are fighting to gain control of a major crossroads in Afghanistan, where NPR photographer David Gilkey has been embedded with U.S. troops. He was with a patrol when it came under fire this week.

With the government's latest employment numbers due Friday, both President Obama and his GOP challenger, Mitt Romney, are trying to maintain a fine balance in their rhetoric between optimism, pessimism and reality.

Today, the National Spelling Bee moves on to the semifinals, and tonight, it moves to the finals. We'll be following.

A recent massacre in the Syrian city of Houla has some experts calling for the U.S. to push Bashar Assad out. But Rand Slim of Foreign Policy says that will just prolong violence. He argues that the U.S. should reach out to Iran — a country with good contacts inside Syria.

This week on Alt.Latino, we spin songs that belong as much to decades past as to the present day and age: a Chilean nod to the 1990 documentary 'Paris Is Burning,' an ode to synth-heavy sci-fi soundtracks of the '80s and a punk tribute to '70s Spanish cinema.

A better picture of redevelopment plans for New Orleans' last barracks-style public housing complex will be presented to the public today. The Housing…

The chainsaw-carving apprentice-turned-songwriter brings her acclaimed solo work to Mountain Stage for the second time.

With a gifted backing band on hand to help flesh out three songs from Adventures in Your Own Backyard, Watson conducts a swirl of interlocking loveliness that still finds room for surprises, from a singing saw to a microphone that makes his voice sound as if it's bouncing off some faraway satellite.

Violence is not ebbing in Syria — and Lee Smith of The Weekly Standard knows one of the reasons why. He argues that the U.S. should stop relying on Russia to intervene, and should start leading the charge against Bashar Assad from the front.