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New Orleans' broad, shady live oak trees lend the city much charm. Many urban foresters had feared the flooded trees might die after spending weeks with roots submerged in a salty, polluted brew. Now the city has dried out and tree experts are going in to assess the damage.

Delta flight attendant Pierce Vaughn was scheduled to work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Her father wanted to spend the holiday with her, so he booked himself on six of her flights.

The miniseries Stockholm tells the story of a group of friends, one of whom is a frontrunner for the Nobel Prize in economics. But there's a problem: he's dead

Belgian troops patrolling the station shot the suspect after a small explosion went off.

Dogs have long been a source of human fascination, companionship — and, sometimes, terror. These books featuring three very different canines offer a perfect way to wind down the dog days of summer.

Former Vice President Al Gore and the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Jonathan Overpeck, a lead author on one of the IPCC's reports on global warming, says winning the prize further legitimizes climate change studies.

Turkey's parliament has passed a motion authorizing military attacks against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. The United States government and Iraqi leaders have warned Turkey not to enter Iraq.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with two candidates for United States Congress, Cori Bush and Monika Johnson-Hostler, and political strategist A'shanti Gholar about what issues matter to black voters.

An NPR poll found that a majority of people favor regulation of e-cigarette. Support rose with education. Nearly two-thirds of people with college or graduate degrees supported regulation.

As a way to encourage communication between people from different countries, Sweden invited people from all over the world to call a number that would connect them to a random Swede. So we did.