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Speaker of the House John Boehner leaves after discussing the government shutdown with his fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill Saturday. Boehner reportedly told his colleagues that talks with the White House had ended without a deal.

Senate Democrats Visit Obama; Boehner Says Talks Are Over

President Obama hosted the Senate's leading Democrats at the White House for more than an hour Saturday afternoon, in a session that came the same day that Majority Leader Harry Reid met with Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell.

Crime Ring That Used Kids In Robberies Gets Jail Time In France

In France, adults who ordered children to commit more than 100 robberies have been sentenced to jail terms, after a court found members of three Croatian Roma families guilty of using the kids to carry out crimes.

The New And The Next: Six-Second Comedy And A Spin On News

This week, Ozy co-founder Carlos Watson tells NPR's Arun Rath about the latest trend in Uruguay's YouTube scene and one young woman who gained a following with her love of science.

During her trip to Washington this week, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Malala Yousafzai met President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and their daughter Malia Obama in the Oval Office.

Malala On Nobel Prize: 'I Think I Have Won' With Nomination

It seems odd to say that someone "lost" the Nobel Peace Prize. But that's what some folks were saying this week about Malala Yousafzai, who was favored to win the award this week.

Kachin Independence Army recruits train at a military base in Maijiayang, Kachin State, Myanmar. The KIA has around 8,000 soldiers and has been fighting the Burmese government for independence for about half a century.

For Myanmar's Kachin Rebels, Life Teeters Between War, Peace

Myanmar, also known as Burma, has struggled to end the ethnic insurgencies that have long divided the country. Now, the last of the insurgent groups has signed a preliminary agreement.

Almost a decade ago, an Israeli filmmaker made a short documentary about Palestinian Ishaq Amer and his family after a part of Israel's separation barrier was built around their home in the West Bank. Ishaq was cut off from his soccer buddies then. Now, at 19, he's a husband and a father.

A Decade On, A Boy, A Ball And A West Bank Wall

Ishaq Amer's home was cut off from his Palestinian village when Israel erected a separation barrier around the West Bank. More important to the 13-year-old at the time was that he was cut off from his soccer buddies. An American boy saw a documentary about Ishaq's family and wanted to know what happened to them.

Models, Rules And High School Dropouts: A Guide To The Economics Nobel

Favorites to win this year's prize include economists famous for work on education and income, regulation, and economic modeling.

Seven Red Cross Relief Workers Seized In Syria

The Red Cross said the workers had been abducted in northwest Syria. On Sunday, the group's director-general, Yves Daccord, tweeted, "Our thoughts are with our colleagues and their families."

So far, the tobacco industry has paid more than $100 billion to state governments as part of a settlement. While smoking is down among young people and even adults in some areas, it's still unclear where much of that money has gone.

15 Years Later, Where Did All The Cigarette Money Go?

So far, tobacco companies have paid more than $100 billion to state governments as part of a 25-year, $246 billion settlement. Though the money was meant to be spent on prevention and smoking-related programs, it didn't come with a mandate.

A stampede on a bridge outside a Hindu temple in India killed more than 100 people on Sunday. Many of the victims leapt to their deaths in the water below.

Death Toll In India Temple Stampede Rises

Thousands of Hindu pilgrims were crossing a bridge leading to a temple in Madhya Pradesh state on Sunday when they panicked at rumors the bridge would collapse, triggering a stampede.

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