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When visiting San Pedro Sula, the bloodiest town in Honduras, it's advisable to arrive early in the morning, when the drug gangs are still asleep.

As many as four people died in a series of shooting incidents in Santa Monica Friday, according to city police chief Jacqueline Seabrooks. The gunman was shot to death in an exchange of fire with police in the library of Santa Monica College, she said at a news conference.

Since the Toronto mayor admitted to smoking crack, he's been portrayed as a bumbling, error-prone addict, whose everyman persona has helped him maintain his popularity in Canada's most populous city. But we wondered: Who is Rob Ford really?

Robert Siegel talks to Egyptian economist Samir Radwan. He was one of the people being considered as interim Prime Minister of Egypt and served as the Finance Minister after the fall of Hosni Mubarak. He talked about options to remedy Egypt's deep economic troubles.

An excessively wet and rainy June has damaged some crops in Eastern North Carolina. Lee Jenkins has more on the extent of the damage and what effect it…

After catastrophic fires razed the forest that was the lifeblood of Greece's second largest island, residents are planning for a hotter, drier future — and demanding the government do the same.

The prospect of the Taliban once again in control of Afghanistan has many worried about a return to a harsh brand of Islamic justice seen during the five years the group was previously in power.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with author and former New York Times labor reporter, Steven Greenhouse, about the labor movement's direction after the death of Richard Trumka, the former head of the AFL-CIO.

The Vatican and the U.S. Conference of Bishops are pushing back against what they perceive as threats to the Catholic Church's core beliefs. While some Catholics are uncomfortable with the changes under way, others say they are overdue.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with members of Tulcea's county council about how they're adjusting to a new normal.