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A group of leading Shiite clerics are holding talks to resolve the U.S. standoff with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose anti-American rhetoric touched off a wave of attacks on U.S.-led forces in several Iraqi cities. Al-Sadr's militiamen have withdrawn from police and government buildings they had occupied, but the security situation remains unstable. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

For years, tourists have peered into multi-million-dollar apartments from the top of London's busiest art gallery. Britain's Supreme Court says that has to change.

Kenneka Jenkins had gone to the Crowne Plaza Chicago-O'Hare hotel in Rosemont, Ill., for a late-night party. Her mother quickly realized something was wrong.

Rick Spinrad previously served as the agency's top scientist. His nomination comes at a difficult period for NOAA, which spent the Trump administration mired in scandal and without a permanent leader.

President Biden is calling for unity to address several current crises, but that will prove difficult in a country as divided as ever.

Tomorrow is Earth Day. The moms in this week's parenting segment look at how to reduce their carbon footprint, by generating less waste. Regular contributor Jelene Ivey is joined by two moms, who co-authored a book about how to keep kids thinking "green."

This year has yielded a bumper crop of cookbooks for the farmers market regular. Food writer T. Susan Chang has sorted through this bounty to come up with an armload of recommendations — as well as a score of great summer recipes — for the locavore in your life.

A Massachusetts state lawmaker representing the North Quabbin said she's leaving the Republican Party.Susannah Whipps has served in the state House since…

Photographs of Keith Packer wearing the antisemitic sweatshirt went viral after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Packer said he wore it because he was "cold," according to a court filing.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sweeps the country's first competitive presidential election. He wins a fifth consecutive term, with more than 88 percent of the vote. But opposition candidates and independent monitors condemn widespread irregularities at the polls.