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Jacki Lyden signs off after interim-hosting All Things Considered for several months to welcome Arun Rath as the new host, broadcasting both weekend days from NPR's studios in Culver City, Calif.

The International Swimming Federation said it would reconsider its decision barring the cap from being used in competition, following criticism that the ruling discriminated against Black swimmers.

In the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, Tina Brown recommends articles that show the breadth of opinion on Rupert Murdoch's media empire and its practices as well as the events that took place behind the scenes that led up to the story breaking.

Bedrails are simple, metal devices that are supposed to keep frail people in bed and offer support. But if they're not assembled correctly, they can cause death by entrapment. The FDA has issued guidelines for the devices, and experts advise families to be on the lookout.

The biggest mineral show in the world gets underway this weekend in Tucson, Ariz. The exhibits are visually stunning, but part of the lure is that an unknown mineral could be unveiled.

More than half a million children born in the U.S. have ended up in Mexico because their parents were deported.

On one ride, a guy knocked one of the girls off her bike. But it didn't discourage these Afghan teens from cruising around Kabul every Friday and challenging the view that women shouldn't bike.

About 300 Americans a year give a kidney to a complete stranger. Research says these people have a larger amygdala -- perhaps making them feel others' pain more than the average person.

There's only one health department in Alabama where people can go to be tested for tuberculosis. That's in Perry County, where an outbreak claimed three lives in 2015. For every 100,000 people there, 253 would be infected; normally in Alabama it's only 2.5. Now, health officials are trying to get handle on the disease. But it hasn't been easy, so officials there decided to take a new approach.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Wally Ziens, a former NYPD detective and hostage negotiator, about the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, mother of 'Today' show host Savannah Guthrie.