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President Obama plans to travel to Cuba next month, capping a historic diplomatic thaw after decades of official isolation.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology at Pew Research Center, about the general public's opinion on digital privacy and government surveillance.

Matteo Renzi was visiting Argentina and thought he would read a poem by the country's most famous literary icon. He thought wrong: The poem he picked was emphatically not by Jorge Luis Borges.

Scientists say Limacina helicina, which moves much like a fruit fly, represents a "remarkable" evolutionary convergence. Its ancestors and those of flying insects diverged some 550 million years ago.

There have been several cases of abandoned babies already — at least three in Rio. And a psychologist believes that some men will walk out on their partner if a newborn has the birth defect.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Nico Sell, co-founder and co-chairman of Wickr, an encrypted messaging app, about Apple's fight against the FBI's order to unlock an iPhone owned by a terrorist.

Justice Antonin Scalia's body lies in repose on Friday at the Supreme Court where dignitaries — including the president — and the general public will pay their respects.

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders face off in Nevada's Democratic caucuses on Saturday. Renee Montagne talks to former state assemblywoman Lucy Flores about the Latino vote.

Democrats in Nevada go to the polls in what's shaping up to be another tight contest between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. In South Carolina, will Donald Trump pull off another double-digit win?

The founder of WikiLeaks talks about what it's like to be confined to a building for more than three years. He says he misses nothing from the outside world, apart from his children and his mother.