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Bernie Sanders is an improbable politician. Independent, occasionally irascible, he came from the far left and an urban background to win elections in one of the most rural states in the country.

Greece is struggling to screen asylum seekers and migrants quickly on the island of Lesbos. Migrants are arriving in record numbers, and the EU wants Greece to accommodate more.

Twitter changed its "favorite" icon from a yellow star to a red heart. Twitter users aren't loving it, but NPR's social science correspondent Shankar Vedantam predicts it's just a matter of time.

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced a "remedy program" for cars with defective airbags from Takata Corporation and fined the company $70 million.

In her new memoir, actor Leah Remini writes about growing up in the Church of Scientology, becoming one of its prized celebrities, and her family's eventual, wrenching decision to leave it behind.

Combating homelessness isn't just about shelter. Lately, some affordable housing projects are getting decidedly upscale — to help residents heal, adjust and build bonds with their new neighbors.

When Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu comes to Washington next week, he is expected to negotiate a large strategic defense package. Steve Inskeep talks to former Middle East envoy Dennis Ross.

In voting Tuesday, social conservatives showed they're unhappy with the country's political direction.

This week's show kicks off with the music of Onward Chariots, a project of Ben Morrs, who is also a web developer and is working on a musical adaptation…

The University of California, Merced, said the suspect was shot by police and later died from his injuries. Two of the stabbing victims were flown to a nearby hospital.