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  • Sidi Touré plays guitar and sings in the Songhaï tradition.
    Sidi Touré And The Sonic Heritage Of The Sahara
    When Touré plays and sings on his new album, you can feel him channeling ancient folklore through the modern filter of an acoustic guitar.
  • Protesters rally against a bailout package for Spain in front of a Bank of Spain building in Barcelona on Monday. The demonstrators think the bailout will bring only greater hardship.
    It's A 'Victory,' Not A Bailout, Spain's Leader Says
    But most Spaniards don't buy that. With its banks ailing, the country becomes the fourth eurozone member to get a financial rescue. But there are still plenty of skeptics who question whether it will work.
  • French Open Marked By Record-Breaking
    Rafael Nadal bested Novak Djokovic to win his record seventh French Open title Monday. On Saturday, Maria Sharapova took the women's title, earning a career Grand Slam — an elite achievement in the sport. Mary Carillo, an analyst with the Tennis Channel and NBC, joins Melissa Block to recap the final matches.
  • A Lost Decade For American Families
    American households got poorer in the first decade of the 21st century, largely because of the housing bust.
  • Syria's turmoil has been spreading into Lebanon, where residents say Syrian soldiers have crossed the border and killed civilians. Here, Lebanese army soldiers patrol in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, earlier this month, where clashes broke out between pro- and anti-Syria gunmen.
    Lebanese Fear Spillover Violence From Syria
    Kidnappings and killings related to the upheaval in neighboring Syria are on the rise in Lebanon. Similar attacks in Turkey sparked a major objection. But Lebanon's complicated history with Syria — and Lebanon's divided population — means it's not as easy for Beirut to take action.
  • Time to Get Even Lazier: An Actual Semi-serious Note from Click and Clack
    Tom and Ray Magliozzi, aka Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers, the comedian mechanics who host NPR's Car Talk, will no longer record new programs come…
  • NPR In The News: The Car Talk Edition
    Many paid tribute to Car Talkand its hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi last week - read some highlights of the coverage at NPR In The News.
  • When wildfires swept across Australia in February 2009, this photo of a firefighter sharing his water with an injured koala captured hearts around the world. The koala later died — not of fire-related injuries, but of chlamydia. Koalas in Australia are suffering from an epidemic of chlamydia, says Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz. "There's no such thing as safe sex in the wild."
    What Animals Can Teach Humans About Healing
    A new book called Zoobiquity explores the diseases that humans and animals have in common. Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and journalist Kathryn Bowers explain how fainting fish, obese dragonflies, depressed gorillas and monkeys with heart failure can help inform human health.
  • Joe Palca's perfectly toasted marshmallow.
    Summer Science: The Perfectly Toasted Marshmallow
    It's the epic quest of campers everywhere: How do you toast that marshmallow just right? As part of our Summer Science series, NPR turned to a fire engineer for some professional guidance.
  • 10,000 People Called Human Trafficking Hotline In 2011
    About half the cases came from United States citizens who were being exploited.
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