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Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was taken to a hospital in Israel, where members of his large Bedouin Arab family gathered around his bedside in a joyful reunion.

The Israeli military said it carried out an airstrike on the headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut, shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations.

Mutombo spent his retirement on humanitarian causes. He spoke nine languages and founded the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation, concentrating on improving the quality of life for people in the Congo.

For the first time since 1996, both major parties have picked a veteran for vice president — a fact that some veterans' groups are hoping it leads to greater understanding of military and vet issues.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is shutting down two of its hard-won offices in China, a move that comes even as the agency struggles to disrupt the flow of precursor chemicals.

Weekend Edition Saturday Host Scott Simon talks with bioethicist Arthur Caplan of New York University about Thursday's Supreme Court ruling that isolated human genes may not be patented — and the implications for that ruling.

A small cadre of officers is responsible for keeping America's nukes on alert 24/7. Here's a peek into their world, and what it takes to do the job.

To get into the role, Seyfried watched Davies' old movies, read her autobiography and listened to old scratchy recordings. She says playing the silver screen star was the ultimate dress-up dream.

The environmental agency has proposed permits that would allow oil companies to continue releasing contaminated wastewater onto the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming. NPR found last year that the EPA has been allowing oil companies to send so much wastewater onto dry land that it was creating raging streams.

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas have a tortured relationship dating back to the 1990s. Yet at various times, the hardline policies of one have boosted the other.