NPR's Adrian Ma speaks with Lina Khatib of Chatam House, about the significance of rebel groups entering the city of Aleppo, Syria, in a conflict that many believed had reached a stalemate.

Many people rely on chosen families when facing rejection from families of origin. NPR's Life Kit talks with Daniel Blevins, the founder of the group Stand In Pride, about cultivating a chosen family.

Australian children will be banned from using some of the world's biggest social media sites under strict new laws passed by the country's parliament.

Alice Brock, whose restaurant in western Massachusetts inspired Arlo Guthrie's Thanksgiving song, died last week at the age of 83.

Archaeologists working in Kenya found the footprints of two distinct human ancestors preserved in the fossilized mud of an ancient lake — walking side by side.

The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon requires Hezbollah fighters to move North, away from the border with Israel. Lebanon's government is responsible for ensuring it happens.

Two years after mass protests, women are still demonstrating against Iran's mandatory hijab law and clerical rule. Iran's government is saying the activists are in need of psychiatric help.