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NPR's David Greene talks to movie reviewer Kenneth Turan about Blinded by the Light, which takes place in late 1980s England as an Anglo-Pakistani teenager finds solace in Bruce Springsteen's music.

Two employees of Larned State Hospital made rare public comments Monday about difficult working conditions at the mental health facility.Kyle Nuckolls and…

Once derided as Scottish food better suited to horses than people, porridge these days is more cool than gruel. In the U.K., competitions have porridge lovers battling with their best recipes.

Maximus Thaler really puts his money (or, at least, his morals) where his mouth is when it comes to food waste. He's a dumpster diver. And he's happy to share tips for foraging from trash bins safely.

When a company told one French feminist it was "sorry" she found its ad sexist, she decided to fight back. She's launched a website where users target sexist companies and people on social media.

There's been a dramatic influx of unaccompanied minors showing up at the border. Dianne Solis of The Dallas Morning News talks about what's behind the numbers.

In the wake of Arizona's botched execution, Steve Inskeep talks with Amherst professor Austin Sarat, author of the recent book Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty.

Most Americans are far from clear as to what this "ISIL" monster is, other than a few shadowy, portentous figures on disturbing videotapes.

Bill reads three news-related limericks: Touchy Typing; More Fish In The Sea; Beast of Burden.

Bill reads three news-related limericks...Masterpiece & Me, BuckingHam, and A Lotta Man.