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The week brought many surprises: Sen. John McCain's vote killed the GOP health care repeal effort, a new "foul-mouthed" White House communications director and the ouster of the chief of staff.

Amid confusion and uncertainty about the District's marijuana rules, more and more people are challenging the law's limitations.

The top three contenders in the crowded Republican primary include an incumbent nicknamed "Big Luther" Strange, the so-called Ten Commandments judge and a congressman who happily courts controversy.

The world's youngest Nobel laureate spent her 20th birthday this month with displaced Yazidi girls in northern Iraq. She spends each birthday with girls who are struggling to get an education.

The auction, including two Rockwell paintings, would fund the Berkshire Museum's renovation and increase its endowment. But two prominent museum organizations say the sale violates fundamental ethics.

With the current elections, Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro hopes to gain enough power to rewrite the country's constitution. NPR's Noel King speaks to Reuters reporter Girish Gupta in Caracas.

Here's a quick roundup of some of the mini-moments you may have missed on this week's Morning Edition.

The Advanced Placement program has scored a win for diversity with the help of Silicon Valley.

Farmers are starting to grow new crops in winter, when their fields usually lie fallow. Meanwhile, air pollution, which contributes to climate change, is weakening India's solar energy production.

Manila's cardinal and another senior cleric have harshly criticized what human rights groups call extrajudicial killings that have claimed more than 5,000 lives in the past 14 months.