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The drama on the Senate floor early Friday morning was the culmination of months of opposition — and concerns expressed — by moderate Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.

In 2013, refugees in Hong Kong harbored Edward Snowden. The territory has now declined to renew their asylum status. NPR's Don Gonyea talks to Michael Simkin, a lawyer trying to bring them to Canada.

The week brought many surprises: Sen. John McCain's vote killed the GOP health care repeal effort, a new "foul-mouthed" White House communications director and the ouster of the chief of staff.

A "technical malfunction" led to a dramatic display of flames at the electronic dance music festival on Saturday night, during its Spain stop. Organizers say no injuries have been reported.

Amid confusion and uncertainty about the District's marijuana rules, more and more people are challenging the law's limitations.

Carolyn Murnick and Ashley Ellerin were childhood best friends — but as sometimes happens, they grew older and drifted apart. Then, in 2001, Ellerin was brutally murdered in her Hollywood Hills home.

Haiti's capital city doesn't have a sewer system. Instead, so-called nightsoil, or human excrement, is largely removed by hand by workers who toil at night under cover of darkness.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro checks in with writer Dan Kois, who is traveling with his family to discover exactly what makes families click. He talks about Holland, bicycles and how family decisions are made.

In a controversial vote in Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro could further imperil the state of democracy. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Alexandra Ulmer, Venezuela correspondent for Reuters.

With its famed sunshine and sea winds, Greece should be a clean energy hub. But it's been slow to abandon coal and embrace renewable energy. That's changing on one small island.