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With help from China, Pakistan's government is building a 16-mile-long metro in Lahore to ease traffic. But it comes with a catch. It passes near many of the city's historical buildings.

Democrat Conor Lamb declared victory as he held a slim lead in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District. But Republican candidate Rick Saccone declared: "We're not giving up."

Fifty years after the death of Martin Luther King Jr., his hometown still has major racial disparities in mortality and other measures of health.

NPR's Ron Elving says the former FBI director's new memoir is unlikely to convert the committed partisans on either side. Instead, it may well cause further entrenchment.

In the second part of our series, we talk to the boxer about his 1974 loss to Muhammad Ali and how it changed him forever.

"I'm an Indian-American-Muslim kid," Minhaj says, "but am I more Indian or am I more American? What part of my identity am I?" His new Netflix special is called Homecoming King.

The White House claims that Chicago has a high crime rate despite its stricter gun laws. This claim doesn't work on two levels.

A video of a school resource officer throwing a student sparked a national debate about race, discipline and the role of law enforcement in schools.

Bernie Sanders grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., but the 73-year-old has called Vermont home for almost his entire adult life. This story originally aired on June 20, 2015 on Weekend Edition Saturday.

The Lucasfilm president was handpicked by George Lucas to take over his company and the franchise. She's aware that all her film mentors have been men; "I need to bring other women along," she says.