All Things Considered
In Oracle, Ariz., on Tuesday, protesters gather near the entrance to a juvenile facility in an effort to stop the arrival of a busload of Central American immigrant children. The bus never arrived. Matt York/AP hide caption
Amid Roiled Landscape Of Border Politics, Obama's Plans May Change
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William T. Vollmann's Ghost Stories Are Frighteningly Self-Indulgent
How U.S. Hopes To Jump-Start Stalled Campaign To Save Nigerian Girls
A dog sleeps in a derelict building in central Kailahun, where the streets are unusually empty. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
U.S. Officials Believe That Malaysian Airliner Was Shot Down By Missile
The solar panels of the International Space Station (ISS) are just one example of the many kinds of fragile scientific instruments that require inventive packing and deployment tricks. NASA hide caption
"I don't think I'm gonna die tomorrow or even two weeks from now, or even ever," Stritch told NPR'S Scott Simon in 2014. "I just don't know ... who the hell knows what's gonna happen to them? Nobody! Isn't that comforting? Nobody has a clue. I like that we don't know. And I like that it's somebody else's decision, not mine." AP/Sundance Selects hide caption
In Oracle, Ariz., on Tuesday, protesters gather near the entrance to a juvenile facility in an effort to stop the arrival of a busload of Central American immigrant children. The bus never arrived. Matt York/AP hide caption
Ireland (shown here in this Dingle Peninsula photo) has been among the greenest pastures for countries seeking to reduce their tax liabilities through a process called "corporate inversion." iStockphoto hide caption
At The Scene Of The Crash: An Attempt To Make Sense Of The Wreckage
H.C. Porter Brings The Mississippi Blues To Ann Arbor
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