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The suspect in the Austin bombings has been described as "troubled" by police and media. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Code Switch reporter Gene Demby about people's reluctance to call him a terrorist.

A message in a bottle. Or. A note written on a balloon released into the sky. We've all had the urge to, or actually released a balloon into the…

Musician Jamie Cullum visits Weekend Edition to share a roundup of favorite new releases from contemporary jazz acts.

If you're looking for a way to kick your holiday celebration into gear, whatever it may be, there seems to be something for everyone in Columbus this…

It's said that Haydn's Symphony No. 85 in Bb was the favorite of Queen Marie Antoinette. Alas, the queen did not live that much longer, given the…

Justice Antonin Scalia is known for his eyebrow-raising words, including jiggery-pokery, mummeries, ukase and argle-bargle.

A 40-foot inflatable "minion" — the yellow, unintelligible sidekicks from the Despicable Me movies who recently were given their own spinoff — broke loose and blocked traffic in Dublin this week.

The town council of Trigueros de Valle declared all residents, 'whether human or non-human,' are entitled to respect.

This week we're talking with people who have been impacted by some of the big news stories of the year, like this Syrian-American student.

The new Netflix documentary series has garnered a huge following, and prompted a petition to pardon Steve Avery.