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  • Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's six iron boxes are part the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale of Arts in Venice, northern Italy. The work on display is called S.A.C.R.E.D. The four initials standing for supper, accuser, cleansing, ritual, entropy and doubt, and referring to Ai Weiwei time 81 days in detention in 2011.
    Ai Weiwei Exhibit Shines Light On Time As Political Prisoner
    Ai Weiwei, the world-renowned Chinese artist and dissident, has created a deeply autobiographical work for the Venice Biennale exhibit. It is a series of dioramas about his life as a political prisoner, when he was jailed for criticizing the corruption and shoddy construction that caused the deaths of 5,000 children when schools collapsed in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
  • Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican nominee for Virginia governor, (left), is trailing Democratic opponent Terry McAuliffe (right) among female voters.
    Gender Gap Doesn't Budge In Virginia Governor's Race
    A new poll in the Virginia governor's race reports Democrat Terry McAuliffe has a sizable lead over Republican Ken Cuccinelli among female voters. That's a departure from the 2009 contest, when the Republican nominee won the women's vote by a healthy margin.
  • Chemical Weapons Used Rarely — But With Deadly Effect
    The horrific effects of chemical weapons used during World War I led to a treaty banning their use.
  • Opponents of Syria Strikes Gain Edge In Lobbying Fight
    While opponents of military action in Syria drown Congress in phone calls, the president's grass-roots organization sits on the sidelines.
  • Candy-flavored cigars like these in a shop in Albany, N.Y., are the focus of efforts to restrict sales of sweet-flavored tobacco.
    Sweet Cigarillos And Cigars Lure Youths To Tobacco, Critics Say
    The flavors may be sweet, but it's still tobacco. That's why tobacco control advocates are trying to restrict sales of candy- and fruit-flavored tobacco products, which they say lure in teenagers.
  • Police with guns drawn search for one of the Boston Marathon suspects early Friday in Watertown, Mass.
    A Timeline Of The Boston Manhunt
    Not 24 hours after the FBI released images of two suspects in Monday's blasts, one of the suspects is dead and the other is still at large.
  • After Bombing Suspect Captured, Next Steps Begin
    One bombing suspect is dead and the other in custody after a week of investigation that led to a tense manhunt and standoff Friday. NPR's David Schaper joins Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon with the latest on the Boston Marathon bombings aftermath.
  • Boston Manhunt Ends With Suspect In Custody
    A week of fear and questions following Monday's bombing of the Boston Marathon ended with a dramatic daylong manhunt and capture of the remaining suspect on Friday. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks NPR's Dan Bobkoff joins about the latest from Boston and captured suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
  • Graphic designer Kaleena Porter sits with her dog, Moby, in the living room of her new home in Washington, D.C.
    An Exploration Of The Changing Lives Of Women
    In the coming decade, another 1 billion women will enter the global workforce, with most moving from farms to service jobs. The workplace is changing women — and they are changing the world.
  • Plan Would Force Public Companies To Reveal Political Giving
    The 2012 election was the most expensive in history, but there remain some gaping holes in our knowledge about who paid for what. The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering a proposal to add more transparency in future elections, but it won't happen without a fight.
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