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After close to two weeks of fighting and a failed attempt at an internationally-brokered cease-fire, most of its hospitals are shut down and inaccessible.

The new theater season is at hand — and with high fuel prices and a general economic downturn, you might expect showbiz types to be anxious about audiences. Reporter Jeff Lunden says you might be wrong.

Not everybody is enthusiastic about the Wimpy Kid series. Some parents feel uneasy about their children identifying with a main character who is at times selfish and lazy, and whose hijinks often land him in trouble. Tanya Turek, a mother of three who works in the children's department of a Barnes and Noble, has blogged about the series.

A U.S. soldier fled across the heavily guarded border to North Korea, where he's now being held by the North.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Mina Al-Lami, a specialist in jihadist media with BBC Monitoring, about how strong of a threat the group poses.

The conflict in Sudan's western region of Darfur has raged for four years. More than 200,000 people have been killed, and more than two million have been driven from their homes. But there are optimists in the midst of the tragedy.

Via popular music, Andrew Grant Jackson paints a vivid portrait of a year that was the last gasp of an age of possibility, when idealism gave way to economic recession and cynical disillusionment.

In her new book, Heidi Heilig continues the tale of family, rebellion and necromancy begun in For a Muse of Fire. Heilig tackles difficult issues deftly, and sets up readers for a rousing conclusion.

Andy Davidson's novel follows a young girl who scrapes a living working for local criminals along an Arkansas river — but its crime story bumps up against horror in a strange yet seamless fashion.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Michael Bociurkiw, an expert on foreign affairs, about the replacement of the Ukrainian defense minister.