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Ron Capps talks with refugees in the Kisna Reka refugee camp some 15 miles from Pristina, Kosovo, in 1998. In his role as a U.S. diplomatic monitor, Capps traveled through Kosovo gathering intelligence from refugees and Serb forces about the situation in the region.

How An Army Officer And Diplomat Wrote His Way Through Trauma

After a decade of witnessing death and bloodshed in five different wars, Ron Capps developed post-traumatic stress disorder. His memoir, Seriously Not All Right, chronicles his battles.

Shivdutt Mishra, 15, hopes to one day become an airline pilot. He comes every morning to the ghats in Varanasi — wide stone steps leading to the Ganges — to get his blessings from the river considered by Hindus to be holy and to meditate on the future.

On A Hard Road, Young Indians Seek A Better Life

Some young people in India's heartland are aggressively pursuing new opportunities; others are mired in poverty. They work and hope and pray for a better life along the Grand Trunk Road that crosses South Asia, the focus of a new NPR series.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 25. Zardari is struggling to balance national interests with a strong U.S.-Pakistani alliance.

Balancing Regional, U.S. Interests In Pakistan

Pakistan's new civilian government, led by President Asif Ali Zardari is struggling to strike a balance between the desires of his people and Parliament, and his professed alliance with the U.S., which provides Pakistan with millions of dollars of military aid.

Stevie Nicks stands under an image of her new Barbie doll during a concert at New York City's Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

There's now a Stevie Nicks-themed Barbie. And wouldn't you love to love her?

Nicks introduced "Stevie Barbie" at a concert on Sunday night, and preorders sold out the next day. The doll resembles Nicks in her Rumours era, with her signature flowy sleeves and platform boots.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent casts a shadow below a group of migrants detained in Arizona in 2006. To prosecute everyone caught crossing the border illegally in the Tucson Border Patrol Sector, the sector would need a federal justice system twice the size of the rest of the country's.

Border Convictions: High Stakes, Unknown Price

The Border Patrol's indicators of success for Operation Streamline don't always add up and neither do the numbers: No one knows just how much the program costs. The Border Patrol makes arrests, but the Justice Department and federal courts provide the logistics of convicting those who cross illegally.

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, a former Red Cross official says, as many as 40 percent of the organization's emergency vehicles were assigned for public relations purposes. This photo, which shows one of the trucks in Long Island, N.Y., in January 2013, is one example of the many publicity photos taken by the Red Cross.

Red Cross 'Diverted Assets' During Storms' Aftermath To Focus On Image

An investigation by NPR and ProPublica reveals how the Red Cross increased its focus on public relations while it struggled to meet basic needs of storm victims.

From left, Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University; Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania; Pamela Nadell, professor of history and Jewish studies at American University; and Sally Kornbluth, president of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee on Dec. 5 in Washington, D.C.

Here's the latest fallout at Harvard, MIT and Penn after the antisemitism hearing

Calls for Harvard and MIT presidents to step down remain firm while a growing number of students and faculty are coming out in support of their school leaders.

Israeli airstrike on Damascus killed at least 5 Iranian advisers, state media say

A strike on the Syrian capital destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. One of those killed was a local Hezbollah commander

Gather Around The Fall Fires With These 4 YA Novels

Fall is finally here, and as the days grow shorter and colder, it's time to tell tall tales about girls who survive, girls who fight, and girls who, if given the chance, may prove to be heroes.

What Will Be The Next 'Game Of Thrones?' We've Got Some Ideas

Epic fantasy fans rejoice: Game of Thrones is back on TV. But the series won't last forever — so K. Tempest Bradford has a few suggestions for cable executives looking for their next big hit.

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