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Nearly all USAID programs halted, Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Panama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits D.C., and a look at the safety of marijuana products in the U.S.

Melissa Block talks to former State Department coordinator for counterterrorism Daniel Benjamin about the level of threat the self-described Islamic State poses to the United States.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with artist Adrienne Benjamin about her new role as "reconciliation advisor" to Minnetonka Moccasins, following the company's apology for appropriating Native culture.

A new genetic analysis could help explain why people in the U.S. with African ancestry face a greater risk for stroke and Alzheimer's disease, but less risk of another brain disease, Parkinson's.

Laura Ziegler began her career at KCUR as a reporter more than 20 years ago. She became the news director in the mid 1980's and in 1988, went to National Public Radio in Washington, D.C. as a producer for Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon.

Columbia, S.C., has banned the use of bump stocks in the city, but not their sale. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Columbia's mayor, Steve Benjamin, about the motivation behind the ordinance.

Marina Benjamin's book is more impressionistic and personal than scientific: Don't look here for an explanation of the chemistry or biology of nocturnal wakefulness.

Dystopian literature usually focuses on global ills — climate change, GMO food, nuclear war. But Darin Bradley's new novel takes off from an economic collapse and the plight of student-loan debtors.

NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Benjamin Preston of Consumer Reports, about why catalytic converter thefts remain a nationwide problem.

Political theorist Benjamin Barber argues that cities and city mayors are the key to bypassing political gridlock and solving many of our global challenges.