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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.

Bean was the lunar module pilot of Apollo 12, which made the second moon landing, in 1969. Later in life, as a painter, he chronicled the people and experience of the Apollo program.

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.

Employees and guests alike will tell you that it's impossible to explain the feeling at Phantom Ranch, a bunkhouse and restaurant on the canyon's floor. It's a vibe you have to experience to get.

A love story between a black Army nurse and a German POW during World War II? You couldn't make that story up — and Alexis Clark, author of the upcoming book, Enemies in Love, didn't.

Nervous mothers and dads once had only family and friends to turn to for advice on kids. Then, in 1912, the U.S. government created an agency devoted to children, and queries from moms poured in.

Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla tells NPR's Michel Martin about his week in Puerto Rico as part of the Mayor Exchange. New Jersey is still recovering from Hurricane Sandy, and has advice for Puerto Rico.

Some hospitals are putting cameras in their neonatal intensive care units to reduce the number of people — and germs — from entering. But some NICU staff may not want to be watched around the clock.