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Apology, Defense And Defiance: The Sterlings Speak Out

Banned Los Angeles Clippers owners Donald Sterling and his wife, Shelly, have conducted separate television interviews.

Cantor's Defeat Was Local, But Reverberations Are National

On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor suffered a huge primary loss to a Tea Party candidate. Host Scott Simon talks to NPR's senior Washington editor Ron Elving about the week in politics.

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., addresses supporters and volunteers at his runoff election victory party Tuesday at the Mississippi Children's Museum in Jackson.

Election Season Defies Conventional Storylines

That story about the passing of the Old Guard? Or the one about the resurgence of the Tea Party? Not so fast, the voters still seem to be saying.

This Week In Indian Country

Decision Made On Cheyenne And Arapaho Tribal GovernmentIt’s been a long four plus years for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes - working under two…

An image of the former World Trade Center haunts the reflective windows of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, now open to the public.

Would You Buy A 9/11 Key Chain? Memorial Gift Shop Makes Some Cringe

The gift shop at the new 9/11 Memorial in New York sells tote bags, plush rescue dogs and other trinkets commemorating the tragedy. What meaning can a souvenir from a mass murder have?

A Day Of Upsets In College Basketball

Thursday was a day of buzzer-beating shots and nail-biting overtime wins. Much of it happened at the NCAA tournament site in Spokane, Wash.

North Carolina's Isaiah Hicks (4) dunks during the first half of the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball semifinal game against Syracuse, Saturday, April 2, in Houston.

North Carolina Beats Syracuse To Advance To NCAA Final

In their quest for a sixth title, the Tar Heels handily defeated the Orange, 83-66. North Carolina moves on to face Villanova, playing for their second championship, on Monday night.

Dartmouth College Removes Director Of Native American Program

The Native American Program at Dartmouth College is without a leader. College officials removed Susan Taffe Reed as director of the student support program after Native American groups questioned her connection to the community. The controversy reveals the complications of figuring out who can best support Native American students on campus.

(Left-to-right) Benjamin Von Gutzeit, Mateusz Smoczynski, Mark Summer, & David Balakrishnan of the Turtle Island Quartet

Turtle Island String Quartet’s David Balakrishnan Honors Tradition While Being Transformative

The traditional string quartet has staying power. Austrian composer Joseph Haydn legitimized the combination of viola, cello and two violins during the…

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry presides over a meeting of more than 60 anti-ISIL coalition parties held on December 3, 2014, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Landis: "Full Circle" Parallels Between Mubarak Release, Syria Strategy Shift

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Cairo throughout the week after a court ruled Saturday evening to dismiss charges against ousted dictator…

child in a native american halloween costume

When Cultural Expression Becomes Inappropriate: Native Halloween Costumes

The idea of “cultural appropriation” and the use of Native American attire made headlines earlier this year after Gov. Mary Fallin’s daughter Christina…

People walk on rubble of collapsed buildings at a site hit by what activists said was barrel bombs dropped by government forces in Aleppo's Dahret Awwad neighborhood January 29, 2014.

New U.N. Proposal To Freeze Syrian Conflict Amid ISIS Threats And Refugee Crisis

On Tuesday the United Nations announced a new plan to freeze fighting in the besieged northern Syrian city of Aleppo. If it’s successful, it will be…

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