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A superPAC supporting Ted Cruz is hitting Donald Trump in South Carolina for wanting the Confederate battle flag removed from the state capitol, something the state's Republican governor supported.

A team of federal investigators -- including FBI agents and transportation security officials -- is on the way to Yemen to hunt for clues in the airline cargo bomb plot and advise about screening procedures. Meanwhile, Yemeni authorities have released a female student brought in for questioning, citing an apparent case of identity theft.

We highlight a 160-mile cycling race, reminiscences of an interview with the Oklahoma City bomber, the Finnish prison system, the nuclear deal with Iran, and the meaning of calling someone "trash."

The GOP pulled out a surprising win largely on the strength of white working class voters, but not solely. NPR explores whether this represents a new winning coalition for that party and what might have happened to the Obama coalition.

Daughters and sisters are at the heart some new fantasy novels where supernatural bargains and shapeshifting transformations are just the beginning of stories that ultimately explore family dynamics.

Audie Cornish speaks with Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward, director of the U.S. Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office. She's developing training and other programs to help stop sexual assault in the Air Force.

Since the start of the war, thousands of Ukrainian children were sent or taken to Russia. Human rights organizations allege Russia is trying to indoctrinate those children against their home country.

The spy chief also told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly that discontent in Russia has created a "once-in-a-generation" opportunity to recruit Russians to spy on behalf of the U.S.

Food writer Ruth Reichl has a new cookbook called My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life. It describes how she found her voice after Conde Nast shut down the magazine where she was editor.

The news of Mexico's bloody cartel war is reflected in a controversial folk-music genre called narcocorridos, or drug ballads. They're like journalism put to song — telling stories of drug lords, arrests, shootouts, daring operations and betrayals. But, like the cartel war itself, writing corridos about drug traffickers can be risky business.