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Susan Stamberg was one of NPR's "founding mothers" (she also coined the phrase). She joined the network at the time of its inception in 1971, and her career at NPR spanned more than five decades.

Mail ballots take longer to process than votes cast in person. So, despite what some politicians may say, experts say it's not a sign of nefarious activity when results take days to come in.

Hamas had earlier Tuesday released 10 Israelis and two foreigners before 30 Palestinians were freed from Israeli prisons on the fifth day of a temporary truce between the two sides.

Technical issues over the weekend left shoppers at Target unable to make purchases. On Saturday, the nationwide checkout system was down, and on Sunday, there was an issue processing credit cards.

The annual Rolling Thunder motorcycle rally in the nation's capital will host its last ride this Memorial Day. The group is calling it quits after three decades due to high costs and logistics issues.

The House is voting Wednesday and Thursday to "enhance" the background check system for gun purchases. One proposed fix is extra time for the checkers.

A former British soldier is facing murder charges from Bloody Sunday in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in 1972. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with former BBC correspondent Denis Murray.

It won't be as powerful as the strike against SOPA and PIPA in 2012, when Wikipedia blocked its site, Google blacked out its logo and millions of people joined in. But "The Day We Fight Back" on Tuesday is intended to show lawmakers that there's ongoing public pressure to reform mass surveillance laws.

A Baptist preacher has become the unlikely leader of a social media movement that's inspired Zimbabweans to protest against their authoritarian ruler and the collapsed economy.

"If you're just protesting, and it just stops there," Georgetown history professor Michael Kazin noted, "you're not going to get anything done."