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A standoff at an upscale restaurant in a diplomatic neighborhood of Bangladesh has ended with 20 hostages dead. We reached Syed Zain Al-Mahmood in Dhaka.

Howard Bryant of ESPN.com is at the Wimbledon tennis championships and tells NPR's Scott Simon about what he's seen so far.

NASCAR is trying to diversify its workforce. The race teams want more minorities in their pit crews, and they're recruiting former college athletes.

In the second installment of our summer series, Travel Nightmares, Efrain Villa of Albuquerque, N.M., explains how he was mistaken for Jesus while traveling in rural India.

Former counterterrorism coordinator for Homeland Security John Cohen tells NPR's Scott Simon why the federal government may ask Visa Waiver Program applicants to hand over social media account info.

After the UK voted to leave the EU, a leadership crisis has emerged. Scott Simon talks with Daily Mirror associate editor Kevin Maguire about the personalities vying for power.

Carmen Herrera was making art in the '50s and '60s but her male counterparts were getting all of the attention. Now, she's still hard at work and finally getting some long overdue recognition.

Star Swain did a spontaneous rendition of the national anthem at the Lincoln Memorial and a friend caught it on video. The clip has since gone viral, and changed the way Swain thinks about her future.

The loss of Antonin Scalia led to a number of 4-4 ties, allowing lower court decisions to stand. Harder to quantify is the impact his absence had on the thinking and decision making of other justices.

The capacity of guns' magazines will now be limited to 10 bullets, and background checks will be required to buy ammunition. The new laws also target "straw purchasing" guns for other people.