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Librarian Abdel Kader Haidara organized a smuggling operation to keep centuries-old manuscripts out of the hands of al-Qaida. Joshua Hammer wrote about it in The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.

The Army is preparing to cut 40,000 soldiers as part of defense spending cuts. We visit Hinesville, Ga., which depends heavily on nearby Fort Stewart, one of the places to be scaled back.

The pioneering African-American artist and teacher is the subject of not one but two exhibitions in Kansas City. His great nephew Shawn Hughes remembers him as reserved but with "an awesome presence."

With its spires, rotunda and colorful facade, the Arts and Industries Building is a festive relief compared with its neighbors. But restoring the Smithsonian's first museum hasn't been easy.

Reports now indicate that Hayat Boumeddiene — a woman initially thought to be part of Friday's siege of a kosher supermarket in Paris — may have left France in early January.

With the caucuses only a day away, Iowa's conservative Christians try to feel out which candidate shares their views.

The symbolic, nonbinding vote urges the government of Prime Minister David Cameron to recognize Palestine alongside the state of Israel.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley in Paris and John Ydstie in Washington, along with Peter Speigel of The Financial Times, discuss the impact of the Brexit vote on France and the rest of Europe.

Jason Cone, executive director of the aid group, talks about the impact of the bombing on his staff — and on the people of Afghanistan.

When the Olympics is too much with us, it's time to try something new. A trip to Friday's race walk gold medal race seemed like just the thing — and it was.

From New York to Maine, the upper Atlantic coast is bracing for yet another major winter storm.

For the first time, top corporate executives are telling their stories of being out in the workplace in a new anthology, "Out and Equal at Work: From…