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Hoops And World Soccer: The Week In Sports

NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's sports correspondent Tom Goldman talk women's soccer and men's basketball.

Village chiefs, residents and government officials take to the streets to celebrate the Chienge district's accomplishment of bringing sanitation to every home.

A Toilet In Every Home: Zambians Celebrate Sanitation Milestone

Answering the call of nature in the open is all too common when families don't have other options. But now the country has its first zone that's free of open defecation.

What do you see in this image? An "uprising" or a "riot"?

Is It An 'Uprising' Or A 'Riot'? Depends On Who's Watching

Words describing the same event can mean very different things. It's no surprise that people can't agree on a label for what's happening in Baltimore.

Construction workers lay tiles on the roof of a house in Boys Town, Neb.

Economy Adds 142,000 Jobs; Unemployment Steady At 5.1 Percent

The Department of Labor reported the September jobs numbers in its latest report. New jobs fell short of what most economists had forecast.

Investors' Funds Are Recovering, But Not Their Nerves

Retirement accounts have finally recovered the ground they lost when the stock market started crashing in 2008. But they have lost five years' worth of gains. So millions of small investors are doubting the old adage "invest for the long haul."

Californian State Assemblyman Richard Pan (center) is the author of legislation that would bar higher prices for health insurance sold to smokers.

Why Calif. Doesn't Want Smokers To Pay More For Health Insurance

The federal health law allows states to charge smokers up to 50 percent more for a health plan sold through the new exchanges. But a bill moving forward in the California Legislature would prevent that from happening.

FBI Agent: 'Nightmare Is Over' For Kidnapped Women

Authorities in Cleveland are providing new details on the conclusion of a decadelong kidnapping case. Three women who went missing between 2000 and 2003 were discovered alive in a home last night, and three brothers have been arrested. Steve Inskeep talks with Brian Bull from member station WCPN in Cleveland.

This satellite image from Oct. 28 shows Hurricane Sandy in the Atlantic Ocean before making landfall.

A Busy And Head-Scratching 2012 Hurricane Season

Superstorm Sandy is what most people will remember from the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. But Sandy was just one of 10 hurricanes this year during a season that was both busy and strange. From an El Nino that never materialized to meandering tropical storms, meteorologists were baffled.

The day after their neighborhood was flooded, the Hardys returned to their house to start bagging up the garbage. The contents of the fridge were spread all over the kitchen floor and even outside. There were sausages in the street. The kitchen floor was a mess of muddy puddles.

Superstorm Sandy Brings One Family Closer

The Hardy family goes back generations in a tiny neighborhood called Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn. For them, Superstorm Sandy has created an extended family reunion. Not only is their small, barely livable home bursting with family members — the storm brought an emotional change, as well.

European leaders keep getting driven from office by voters upset with the continent's ongoing economic problems. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, shown here at a campaign event on Thursday, is trailing in opinion polls in advance of a May 6 runoff election.

One After Another, European Leaders Get The Boot

European leaders keep losing their jobs amid voter anger over shrinking economies and tough austerity measures designed to weather the eurozone crisis. Will French President Nicolas Sarkozy be the next to fall?

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