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Poehler joins Fresh Air's Terry Gross to talk about fighting the body image "demon," being a "world-class snooper" and how she was once told that she had a "great face for wigs."

Henri was downgraded to a tropical depression Sunday night after knocking out power in over 100,000 homes, stretching from New York to Rhode Island.

A company formed by Harvard genetics professor George Church, known for his pioneering work in genome sequencing and gene splicing, hopes to genetically resurrect woolly mammoths.

A recent This American Life episode tackled the continuing consequences of housing discrimination in America. But why is there so little momentum behind stopping it? ProPublica's Nikole Hannah-Jones explains.

Tiny Singapore imports almost all of its food. From gardens on deserted car parks to vertical farms in the vanishing countryside, a movement is afoot to help boost its agricultural production.

Safety concerns prompted organizers to cancel at least one rally this weekend. The rallies in San Francisco and in Berkeley were expected to draw scores of counterprotests. Police remain on alert.

Seventy years after Pakistan's creation as a homeland for South Asia's Muslims, its minorities continue to suffer persecution — and the definition of who is considered a Muslim has narrowed.

David Greene talks to Blake Apgar, a reporter with the Las Vegas Review-Journal, who ran to the scene as soon as he got word of the shooting. NPR's Scott Detrow weighs in, too.

Bashar Abdul Jabar's son was trapped when his legs were crushed during Iraq's military campaign to retake Mosul from ISIS. The family had to leave him behind. "We have no comfort," says Abdul Jabar.

The powerful opioid fentanyl is showing up in batches of cocaine, threatening a new wave of opioid overdoses. Some doctors, drug users and law enforcement wonder if the contamination is deliberate.