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President Obama did not seek permission from Congress to launch airstrikes last week. Legal experts and some lawmakers question how valid his claims for action are.

Eleven of the 12 victims were city employees; one was a contractor. "They leave a void that we will never be able to fill," City Manager Dave Hansen said Saturday.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev opened the door for a dramatic escalation in a crackdown on anti-government protests that have turned violent.

NPR's A Martínez talks to Afghan American novelist Khaled Hosseini about his reflections on Afghanistan, which has been shattered by decades of war, tribal feuds and corruption.

American sex laws have not always kept pace with society's changing standards. In The Boundaries of Desire, Eric Berkowitz explores how the legal system has addressed sex in the last century.

A liberal voice in the U.S. Senate for decades, Kennedy led a life marked by tragedy and scandal. Historian Neal Gabler talks about the first volume of his two-part biography, Catching the Wind.

Thirty-six authors—from Scott Turow to Margaret Atwood to R.L. Stine—collaborated to create a new, suspense-filled book.

Delijani unpacks the viability of a democracy if outside forces, like the United States, get involved.

The novel "China Dolls" tells the story of popular Chinese nightclubs in San Francisco in the late 1930s.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voted in favor of a resolution authorizing the use of force against Syria. We get the latest and listen to some of the debate before the committee.