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In the most public show of support yet for efforts to question the election results, Clinton's campaign chairman backs electors' request to receive an intelligence briefing before they vote.

NPR's Peter Kenyon recently spent a week in Damascus after an 8-year absence. He found a changed city and strong strains of anti-American feeling. But the U.S. isn't the only target of Syrian anger.

Jake Freed is attempting a world record for longest distance ever traveled on a skateboard. He's already traveled 1,400 miles, and has more than 5,000 to go.

The feds said the indictment represents one of the first federal racketeering charges ever brought against a vor v zakonei -- a Russian phrase that translates roughly as "thief-in-law."

Some say Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's Midwestern accent has become less pronounced. Georgetown professor Deborah Tannen says politicians' voices often change, depending on their audience.

Much of the world is skeptical about the wisdom of the bombing raids in Yemen. But Saudis are rallying around their new king, Salman, and his son, the defense minister.

The newspaper's series examined why South Carolina is among the deadliest states for women in the United States. Anthony Doerr won the prize for fiction for All the Light We Cannot See.

It's the latest step in a growing controversy after thousands of homeowners said insurance companies lowballed damage estimates and insurance insiders called the appeals process "rigged."

We'll know later on Tuesday whether negotiators met their deadline to reach a deal. Steve Inskeep talks to Joseph Cirincione, president of Ploughshares Fund, about the root of distrust with Iran.

Robert Gates, a former CIA director and former defense secretary, told the organization, "Wemust deal with the world as it is, not as we might wish it to be."