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Two weeks after parliamentary elections delivered a surprise win for allies of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraq's divided political leaders are scrambling to put together a coalition government.

After dealing with the sudden death of her mother, a Los Angeles woman has taken it upon herself to prepare others to grapple with getting their affairs in order.

Philip Roth, who died this week, wanted to fully possess his readers while they read his novels.

W. Kamau Bell, host of CNN's United Shades of America, discusses what patriotism means to him this Memorial Day weekend.

Ahmed Alaa describes hoisting a rainbow flag at a concert in Cairo as the "best five minutes of his life." Now he faces years in prison and says his family and his life have been destroyed.

A small-batch ice cream maker in Baltimore explores the sweet — and salty, spicy and even a little nutty — sides of historical people and places through clever, deeply researched flavor combinations.

The country has some of the strictest laws on abortion in the developed world. But that will change, after 66.4 percent of voters chose to repeal a constitutional amendment.

In Washington, D.C., a dramatic memorial of bright red flowers pays tribute to men and women who died in uniform.

In the Barbershop, NPR's Michel Martin talks sports and politics with ESPN commentator Kevin Blackistone, the Seattle Times' Matt Calkins, and former Vikings player Chris Kluwe.

Laura Dern stars in a new TV movie on HBO called The Tale. It follows a documentary filmmaker who realizes in her 40s that an experience she thought was a romance when she was 13 was actually sexual abuse.