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Ken Wilcox's life felt hopeless, like there was nowhere left to turn. Then a simple act from a stranger on the street changed his perspective and his life.

Honduras has the highest murder rate in the world. That means jobs that in the U.S. are relatively safe and boring, like driving a bus, can be incredibly dangerous. It all starts with a phone call.

A storm has battered the Gaza Strip, creating misery for displaced Palestinians and delaying the search for the body of the last Israeli hostage held by militants there.

You can rate your dinner, your hotel stay, your dentist, and your phone call with the cable company. NPR's Scott Simon wonders if all these requests for feedback have any actual impact.

The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny is intensifying in Congress.

"That's just crazy," Cincinnati fan Caleb Lloyd said Monday night after he ended up snagging two home run balls — from consecutive batters — during the Reds' 4-1 win over the visiting Atlanta Braves.

"There's nobody like The B-52s," Pierson says. "But doing stuff on my own, I can also express more personal songs."

Christian McBride of Jazz Night in America joins NPR's Audie Cornish with a few criteria for what turns a regular composition into a canonized classic.

Defense attorney Alan Jackson said that circumstances beyond his and Reiner's control made it "impossible" to continue representation.

Next week the people of Scotland vote on whether to become independent from the U.K. Author Marie Mutsuki Mockett recommends a book that illuminates the Scottish psyche, Iain Banks' The Crow Road.