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A year ago, a gunman opened fire in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., killing 12 people and stunning the nation. Linda Wertheimer speaks with Colorado Public Radio's Megan Verlee about the case.

In Syria, the army of President Bashar Assad appears to be gaining the upper hand on the battlefield, as rebels wait for military assistance from Western allies that has yet to arrive. Guest host Linda Wertheimer examines the simmering conflict with NPR's Kelly McEvers.

The Cuban vessel, intercepted by Panama, was carrying missile parts and disassembled fighter planes to North Korea. Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with Frank Mora, director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University, about the historic relationship between Cuba and North Korea.

A Spaniard born to privilege, Alejandro Cao de Benos is now a staunch defender of North Korea, where he lives half the year and works to promote its ideology.

The announcement comes hours after Secretary of State John Kerry said the two sides had agreed in principle to restart peace talks that collapsed five years ago.

The suspects confessed to raping the 39-year-old woman in March as she and her husband were camping in the country's central state of Madhya Pradesh.

Don Gonyea, Scott Horsley and Brian Naylor just can't get enough Iowa in the political season — so they are taking their vacation and touring the state by bicycle as as part of The Des Moines Register's 41st Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, better known as RAGBRAI. Follow their travels!

India's government has a plan to feed 800 million poor people with subsidized food grains. Critics say it's too expensive and designed primarily to win elections next year.

Many African-Americans are pleased that President Obama spoke frankly about the inequities experienced in this country by blacks. They say understanding the distress over the Zimmerman verdict is key to honest discussions about race.

Fire is a natural part of the western landscape, and a push over the last century to eliminate fires has threatened the habitats that some plants and animals need. In a Montana valley, fire scientists are trying to show that they can actually save wilderness by burning it.