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  • Behind Besieged Walls, UN Peacekeeper Sees War's Toll On Syrians
    In the war-torn Syrian city of Homs, a tenuous cease-fire is set to expire on Wednesday. Fighting has centered on a district within Homs known as the Old City, a rebel-held area under siege by government forces for more than a year. For more on the cease-fire and evacuation, Melissa Block talks with Matt Hollingworth, the Syria director for the United Nations World Programme.
  • Rosa Finnegan in her nursing home. "As nice as this place is," she says, "there's an undercurrent — it's sad, also. I get up now in the morning and I'll say to myself, 'What am I gonna do all day now?' "
    At 102, Reflections On Race And The End Of Life
    Rosa Finnegan worked until she was 101. Even now, she says, she's still learning things about herself. "Even as old as I am," she says, "you think you're not prejudiced, but all of a sudden you really find out you are. How stupid I was. 'Cause before you know it, it's all over."
  • Lake Street Dive.
    Lake Street Dive: 'Portraits' Of Heartache
    The band prides itself on technique over originality, but is nonetheless passionate about its craft.
  • Elizabeth Kolbert says the "taxicab yellow" Panamanian golden frog was nearly wiped out by a fungal disease. It's just one of the species affected by what scientists call the Sixth Extinction.
    In The World's 'Sixth Extinction,' Are Humans The Asteroid?
    Scientists think an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. In today's extinction, humans are the culprit.
  • What's Up With Facebook's Big Acquisition?
    Facebook paid $19 billion for the instant messaging service WhatsApp even though it's never disclosed whether it's profitable. Aarti Shahani of KQED explains what Facebook sees in its new acquisition.
  • At Least 70 Killed In Kiev, With Casualties Still Mounting
    Fighting between police and the opposition in Ukraine continues despite attempts at diplomatic intervention. Dozens were killed in Kiev overnight, many in gun attacks shown on television.
  • A channel big enough to handle global shipping would require deep dredging throughout Lake Nicaragua, the largest source of fresh water in Central America.
    Scientists Fear Ecological Disaster In Nicaragua's Planned Canal
    The head of Nicaragua's Academy of Sciences says the plan for a new Central American shipping channel seems so crazy that he's having trouble persuading conservation groups to take it seriously.
  • Russian leader Vladimir Putin (right) listens to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych during a meeting outside Moscow in 2011. Putin has supported Yanukovych in the current crisis in Ukraine, while the U.S. has been increasingly critical. This is one of many issues where Russia and the U.S. are at odds.
    The World According To Vladimir Putin
    Russia's leader believes Moscow must play a central role in global affairs, from ex-Soviet republics like Ukraine to Syria in the Middle East. His positions put him in regular conflict with the U.S.
  • Duke: $60,000 A Year For College Is Actually A Discount
    "We're investing on average about $90,000 in the education of each student," says a university official. Where exactly is all that money going?
  • Girl Scouts Frown On Outsourcing Cookie Sales
    Sometimes the job of selling cookies is outsourced to parents, and a recent opinion article in The Washington Post criticized that practice. It says parents should sell with their kids not for them.
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