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In NPR's new international podcast, host Gregory Warner, a longtime foreign correspondent, travels the globe to drop in on stories that reflect back on subjects we're talking about in the U.S.

Two recent deaths brought the total to 343, matching the death toll from Sept. 11, the FDNY said. Some 11,000 former and current FDNY employees suffer from 9/11-related illnesses, 3,500 with cancer.

Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki's melancholy romantic comedy about two lonely souls trapped in dead-end jobs builds to a gorgeous ending — with a great and revelatory final joke.

Missouri said Friday it won't renew a license for the last clinic providing abortions in the state. But a judge ruled the clinic can keep providing abortions while the dispute continues.

A new study raises doubts about the high rate of maternal mortality in the U.S. that was officially reported.

A global computer glitch apparently triggered by software distributed by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused widespread global outages late Thursday and into Friday morning.

A Syrian government offensive against a rebel-held suburb of Damascus killed hundreds of civilians. The United Nations and humanitarian groups call urgently for a cease-fire, to little effect so far.

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is being criticized for charging his wife's travel to the government when she accompanied him to Europe. Shulkin says he complied with all ethics guidelines, but his chief of staff, also criticized for her role in arranging the trip, has announced her retirement.

Police in Spain's northeast region of Catalonia are being criticized for not doing enough to prevent last week's terror attack. More than a dozen people were killed in a van attack in Barcelona.

The telescope has revealed galaxies, stars and black holes that formed in the early universe. After its first full year of science operations, astronomers have much to ponder.