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The town of Poggio Mirteto celebrates its independence from papal rule with a Freedom Festival. But the hamlet is still religious, and some residents wish the revelers would just go away.

About 80,000 New York City employees who have been working from home since the pandemic are returning to their offices. The mayor believes that will send a powerful message about the city's recovery.

President Obama won re-election, not by going after independent voters, but by going after emerging groups in the U.S. population. By race, age and gender, voters made clear there are two — or more — Americas, and the Obama team captured more of them, and delivered more of them to the polls.

Amid resumed evacuations following Thursday's deadly bombing outside the Kabul airport, NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ali Lafiti of Al Jazeera English about the latest developmens in Afghanistan.

Missiles struck cities all across Ukraine overnight, including in the western city of Lviv, where at least 7 people were killed. The town had been relatively peaceful for weeks.

Unless disaster strikes him, American Floyd Landis is set to win the world's premiere bicycle race Sunday in Paris. Guest host Don Gonyea speaks with Anita Elash at the finish line on the Champs Elysees.

The California Air Resources Board announces its plan to reduce air pollution at the state's ports. Nationwide, ports account for a large and growing proportion of a dangerous kind of air pollution: soot from diesel engines. California is leading the way in trying to reduce the problem.

Economic problems in Puerto Rico forced the island's zoo to close. That meant a big move for an African elephant named Mundi.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Patrick Kingsley, a reporter for The New York Times in Turkey, about the anti-government protest march from Ankara to Istanbul.

Pakistan's new prime minister is promising change — to end corruption and pull people out of poverty. But his government first has to save Pakistan's economy.