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  • Quite A Haul: $50 Million Worth Of Diamonds Stolen In Lightning-Fast Heist
    In just a few minutes, masked gunman stole the stones from a plane on the tarmac in Brussels. How will they cash in? In past heists, less-than-scrupulous dealers tried to sell the gems at deep discounts — and got caught.
  • French Tweet Sweep Shows Twitter's Local Struggles
    Twitter agreed to remove a flood of racist and anti-Semitic tweets on its service in France, following threats of a lawsuit by a Jewish student group. The move is part of a larger balancing act to comply with local hate-speech laws while avoiding over-policing its content.
  • Afghan laborers work on a roads project last month in Kabul. A huge project to fix the city's roads and sewers is causing huge headaches.
    Kabul's Roads, Paved With Good Intentions
    Afghanistan's capital is notorious for rough, often unpaved streets and fetid sewage trenches. A massive construction project has snarled traffic, and frustrated residents and businesses.
  • Pedestrians cross the street in Nogales, Mexico, near the border with Arizona. A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a 16-year-old boy who was throwing rocks near the border fence last month.
    Border Killings Prompt Scrutiny Over Use Of Force
    In less than two years, U.S. Border Patrol agents have killed 18 Mexicans along the border — including eight people throwing rocks. Now the Department of Homeland Security is examining its policy on deadly force along the border.
  • For Many Workers, It's Time To Consider Insurance Options
    People with employer-based health plans won't have to shop for coverage on the exchanges. Still, the federal health law can affect them. As employers adjust plans to meet new requirements, people can expect to see changes in their coverage.
  • A police officer in Ferguson, Mo., stands guard as protests turned violent following Monday night's announcement of the grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
    Community Activists Question Timing Of Grand Jury Announcement
    Some of those who attended planning meetings with local officials blamed police and the county attorney's office for fueling the unrest by making the finding public at night and with little warning.
  • Join The Morning Edition Book Club: We're Reading 'Deep Down Dark'
    Welcome to the first meeting of NPR's new book club! We're reading Hector Tobar's account of 33 men who were trapped for 69 days in a Chilean mine. Send us your questions; we may read them on-air.
  • What College Kids Can Learn From 'The Zombie War'
    Several colleges and universities have adopted a common read program, where freshmen read the same book during the summer and discuss it once on campus. Author Max Brooks discusses what students can learn from his book World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War.
  • Pictures of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims are displayed as California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein speaks during a 2013 Senate hearing. Wednesday's shooting in San Bernardino, which killed 14 people, was the deadliest since the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook, which left 26 people dead.
    A Tally Of Mass Shootings In The U.S.
    The shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., was the 355th mass shooting in the U.S. so far this year, or a little more than one per day. And it wasn't even the only mass shooting on Wednesday.
  • Google Chromebooks and Google Apps for Education in use in Arlington, Texas.
    Google Hit With A Student Privacy Complaint
    Fifty million students and teachers use free Google Apps for Education. A civil liberties organization says their data are being misused.
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