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Ferguson Needs To Be Model For Systemic Change, Professor Says

Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad tells David Greene that wiping the leadership slate clean is a good start. Muhammad is the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Rowdy Soccer Fans Get An Offer To Be Civilized

When rowdy soccer fans clashed with riot police in Rome a few weeks ago, the mayor was furious. As a punishment, game tickets for some matches include free entry to museums so they could get cultured.

Carol Berman, of West Palm Beach, Fla., makes the case for policymakers to protect Medicare Advantage benefits during the Coalition for Medicare Choices' Medicare Advantage Food Truck stop in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

Feds Knew About Medicare Advantage Overcharges Years Ago

An unpublished government study from 2009 sounded alarm bells about the risk formula used to pay privately run Medicare insurance plans. Since then billions of dollars in waste have been documented.

Making pies for Pi Day: Think inside the circle

As math lovers know, it's Pi Day. And what better way to celebrate than by rolling out the dough? An NPR editor known for her experimental baking shares some of her favorite recipes.

An agent with the Department of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms arrives on the crime scene outside the Ferguson Police Department on Thursday. Just down the road, community leaders and residents have been struggling to digest this latest shock.

In Ferguson, The Shooting Of 2 Officers Stirs A Long-Simmering Anxiety

Ferguson, Mo., looked like a community that was moving forward this week, with key officials resigning. But then police officers monitoring a protest were shot. For many, the unease is back.

Drummer Hal Blaine Talks About Making Music Over The Years

Blaine is featured in the new documentary The Wrecking Crew about a group of anonymous intensely successful musicians who recorded together. Terry Gross spoke with him in 2001.

CIA Director John Brennan told an audience in New York on Friday that ISIS is facing internal divisions.

CIA Chief Says Governing Is Too Big A Job For ISIS

Director John Brennan sees discord within the group, despite its great success at attracting new fighters.

Lawyer Stephen Jones has been retained by a board representing the recently-disbanded Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter at the University of Oklahoma. He said Friday he's not ruling out a lawsuit.

Fraternity's Defense Lawyer Not Ruling Out Suing OU

Stephen Jones, famous for defending Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, argues for due process. He says "every student deserves a second chance."

Health workers are disinfected with a chlorine solution after treating patients at the Hastings Ebola Treatment Center in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Nine American aid workers have contracted Ebola while working in West Africa.

Several Americans Possibly Exposed To Ebola, As Epidemic Smolders

This week an American aid worker contracted Ebola in West Africa and may have infected other people. No one else is showing symptoms, but one person is being flown to Atlanta for observation.

Palestinians held rallies last November, like this one in the West Bank city of Nablus, to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2004 death of Yasser Arafat. Palestinians are increasingly frustrated with the two decades of on-and-off peace talks that have not led to an independent Palestinian state.

Palestinians Ask: The Two-State Solution Or The Two-State Illusion?

Palestinians are viewing Israeli elections with tremendous skepticism. After 20 years of on-and-off peace talks, a growing number have given up on a negotiated solution to the conflict.

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