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NPR's Steven Inskeep speaks with reporter Ofeibea Quist-Arcton to learn more about the hostage crisis at a hotel in Bamako, Mali, and the ensuing siege by special forces.

In Mali's capital, Bamako, gunmen have taken more than 100 hostages at a Radisson hotel. NPR's Phil Ewing and Ofeibea Quist-Arcton explain what is known about the attacks and the crisis in progress.

Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss in the final film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' dystopian Hunger Games novels. Critic David Edelstein says that the saga ends "less with a bang than a whimper."

The singer has written 2,500 songs and has won seven Grammys. He is now the recipient of the Gershwin Prize for American Popular Song. Originally broadcast on July 16, 1996 and May 25, 2006.

The winter season finale for the hit ABC TV show, Scandal, featured the lead character seemingly getting an abortion. That's highly unusual for network television and an invitation to controversy.

Last week's rampage in Paris marked the first time suicide vests have been used in a European terrorist attack. NPR reports on how difficult they are to make and the damage they can do.

American military personnel helped rescue some Americans and others in Mali after the hotel where they were staying was overrun by gunmen.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Robert Siegel in Paris one week after the terror attacks there. Some key suspects in the attacks are dead, but many questions remain.

Florida mailman Doug Hughes landed his flying machine on Capitol Hill last April to bring awareness to campaign finance.

Many Americans have turned to their faiths in the wake of the attacks on Paris. So we turn to three religious leaders to see how they are leading their congregations in praying for Paris.