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Cape May, NJ, official Gerald Thornton updates NPR's Rachel Martin on damage to his area from the weekend winter storm.

First Mali, now Burkina Faso. West Africa has become the latest target for Al Qaeda, and it's mostly Westerners the militants have killed.

NPR's Rachel Martin checks in with Syrian refugee Mohammed Eh'tai, whom she profiled in Germany back in September. He is working on getting his family to join him from Syria.

Should parents pass up a good story because reading it to their child means wrestling with outdated racial stereotypes? NPR's Rachel Martin asks editor Jeremy Adam Smith.

NPR's Rachel Martin notes an art installation, of sorts, by Tim Grotting. During the winter, the Minneapolis resident freezes pants and sets them upright in his neighborhood.

Up to three feet of snow has fallen over much of the East Coast, and areas in New Jersey and Delaware have seen record flooding — even higher than the surging waters of Hurricane Sandy.

A major quake in the early hours of Sunday morning woke up residents of Anchorage and could be felt across much of southern Alaska. There's no risk of a tsunami, the National Weather Service says.

NPR's Rachel Martin and National Political Correspondent Mara Liasson discuss the latest news from the ongoing presidential campaign.

Shovelful by shovelful, the East Coast is digging through the aftermath of an enormous winter storm. And sleds, snowboards, skis and snowballs are all making an appearance under bright blue skies.

Up until very recently, sledding on Capitol Hill was illegal. This weekend's snow was the first chance for kids to hit the slope — without fear of arrest.