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Listener Brendan Shera of Queens, N.Y., plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

This week on The Reading Life: Photographer Tina Freeman, whose new book is “Lamentations,” along with New Orleans Museum of Art curator of photography...

The game was delayed for about an hour Saturday when students stormed the field after half-time calling on the universities to divest their multi-million dollar endowments from fossil fuels companies.

The nuclear arms race wastes resources that could instead improve people's lives and protect the environment, the pontiff said. His tour marks the first papal visit to Japan in nearly 40 years.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with author Eric Liu, psychologist Vaile Wright and columnist Steven Petrow about constructive conversations at Thanksgiving and how to repair America's social fabric.

Uganda is challenging morphine's reputation as an archaic, dangerous drug — and inspiring other African countries to do the same.

A high-dose prescription fish oil pill has been shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. An FDA advisory panel voted in favor of expanded use of the drug.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jennifer Smith of the Chicago Tribune about the investigation, along with ProPublica, into the seclusion of Illinois children alone behind locked doors.

Egyptian authorities raided and shut down a news organization critical of the country's government. It's part of a crackdown that has seen websites closed and thousands of activists jailed.

Health investigators in the state suspect norovirus is responsible for hundreds of cases of a gastrointestinal illness. One school district has already closed, and another may soon follow.