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Cars are seen driving Thursday amid a sandstorm that engulfed the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Like Mars: Dusty Sandstorm Blocks Visibility And Travel In Dubai

More than 100 cars were reportedly involved in accidents. Conditions forced airlines to delay or cancel flights after the sandstorm arrived from Saudi Arabia.

U.S. F-18 fighter jets fly over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during fly exercises in the Persian Gulf. A pair of this same type of aircraft landed in Taiwan, reportedly with mechanical problems.

China Protests Emergency Landing Of U.S. Warplanes In Taiwan

Two Navy F-18s landed at an airbase on the island, which Beijing considers part of its sovereign territory.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University set out to study how infants use what they already know to motivate future learning.

Why Babies Love (And Learn From) Magic Tricks

A new study in the journal Science explores the power of surprise to motivate infant learning.

A photo made available by the Alabama Department of Corrections shows Anthony Ray Hinton. Hinton, who spent nearly 30 years on death row, will go free Friday, after prosecutors told a court that there is not enough evidence to link him to the 1985 murders he was convicted of committing.

Alabama Man To Be Released After Nearly 30 Years On Death Row

Anthony Ray Hinton was convicted in the 1985 murders of two fast-food employees based almost exclusively on ballistics evidence that has since been deemed unreliable.

A rabbi (center) supervises the production of Passover matzos at the Streit's factory on New York's Lower East Side, circa 1960s. This Passover will be Streit's last one at the landmark location.

How The Matzo Crumbles: Iconic Streit's Factory To Leave Manhattan

It's the end of an era: After nearly a century, the Streit's matzo factory is leaving Manhattan's Lower East Side. This Passover will be its last there. Streit's plans to move to a new factory.

March Employment Report Shows Growth — But Disappointing Numbers

Over the past year, the economy had added more than 200,000 jobs each month. That streak broke in the most recent report, as growth dipped to just 126,000 jobs — fewer than economists had anticipated.

The times, they may be changing — but the cast of AMC's <em>Mad Men</em> find it difficult to change with them.

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same As 'Mad Men' Winds Down

AMC's award-winning drama Mad Men returns for its final season Sunday. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says these last seven installments explore how little people change, even in tumultuous times.

Opponents of an Arkansas religious objection measure chant outside the Arkansas state Capitol on Wednesday.

Fights Over 'Religious Freedom' And Gay Rights Are Costing Republicans

The party and its leading 2016 contenders are finding themselves between a rock and hard place because of Indiana's and Arkansas' recently amended laws.

The crash site of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps. Evidence from the flight data recorder shows the co-pilot accelerated as the airliner headed toward the mountainside, French investigators say.

Germanwings Co-Pilot Accelerated Toward Crash, Officials Say

France's aviation safety agency says co-pilot Andreas Lubitz "changed the automatic pilot settings to increase the speed of the airplane in its descent" before last week's deadly crash.

Garissa University students comfort each other after they were rescued from Thursday's deadly attack.

Kenya Copes With Deadliest Attack Since 1998 Embassy Bombing

Students are debating whether to return to Garissa University College. A teachers union says the school should shut down.

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