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As Macron's Strength Grows In France, May's Popularity Wanes In Britain

A look at the latest political shakeups in Europe as French president Emmanuel Macron cements his strong parliamentary majority and British Prime Minister Theresa May's popularity declines.

Unlike most presidents, who keep the public at arm's-length, President Trump appears to let us into his head with his constant tweeting.

President Donald Trump, Unreliable Narrator

Why can't we stop reading Trump's Twitter feed? The same reason we can't put down The Catcher In The Rye or Pale Fire.

Linda Fortune's family was forced out of District Six when she was 22. Growing up, the family often ate crayfish her father caught as a hobby. "If you had an overabundance of fish, you would share it with the neighbors," she recalls.

South Africa's District Six Cookbook Helps Preserve A Lost Community

By the 1980s, 60,000 people had been forcibly removed from this mixed-race section of Cape Town. But the area's food traditions reflect the spirit of helpmekaar, an Afrikaans term for mutual support.

Without predictable access to housing or food, the students at Positive Tomorrows live in a constant state of stress. The teachers and administration work on techniques for managing anxiety and other emotions. Here, students in Shelly Fryer's class take time for play.

A School That Provides The One Constant In Homeless Children's Lives

Positive Tomorrows in Oklahoma City addresses education and other basic needs for homeless students and their families.

Man Charged In Killing Of Muslim Teenager In Virginia

Darwin A. Martinez Torres, 22, is accused of killing Nabra Hassanen of Reston, Va., who was reportedly walking with her friends back to a mosque after getting breakfast early Sunday.

Chief Justice John Roberts (second from right) and Justice Neil Gorsuch (center) walk down the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., last week. The court is wrapping up its term, with a handful of consequential cases decided on Monday.

As Term Winds Down, Supreme Court Says It Will Take On Partisan Gerrymandering

The Supreme Court has for decades forbidden racial gerrymandering, but it has repeatedly shied away from addressing partisan gerrymandering.

Internally displaced people gather by a water collection point in a United Nations site outside South Sudan's capital city, Juba, in January. South Sudan's civil war has killed tens of thousands and driven out some 1.8 million people.

I Spent 4 Days In Jail In South Sudan. I Won't Stop Reporting On The Crisis There

NPR's East Africa correspondent, Eyder Peralta, was seized by armed men and imprisoned without charge just after he'd been given permission to report in South Sudan, ravaged by civil war since 2013.

An American Eagle jet is seen through heat ripples as it lands at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. American Airlines canceled dozens of regional flights there on Tuesday because of extreme heat.

It's Too Hot For Some Planes To Fly In Phoenix

Temperatures were expected to climb as high as 120 degrees there on Tuesday — too high for some smaller planes to handle.

"In college, I would tell my friends that I wanted to pursue a Ph.D., and they would chuckle and ridicule the idea," says Eqbal Dauqan, who is an assistant professor at the University Kebangsaan Malaysia at age 36. Born and raised in Yemen, Dauqan credits her "naughty" spirit for her success in a male-dominated culture.

She May Be The Most Unstoppable Scientist In The World

First she was shot at on the way to work. Then her house was destroyed by a bomb. That didn't deter this female scientist.

WEXT Presents Amos Lee at The Egg

Tuesday, October 24The Egg7pm doors * 8pm showWEXT presentsAMOS LEEwsg MutluTickets on sale at www.ticketmaster.com, www.theegg.org and the Egg box office…

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