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Some think the Lone Star State is a little out there. But in Norway, Texas is literally crazy. NPR's Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro explain why.

Thousands of migrants are still flooding into Slovenia as they work their way north through the Balkans in the face of the oncoming winter.

Dozens of India's writers have returned awards from the National Academy of Letters in recent weeks in protest against an environment of what they call "fear and uncertainty" in the world's biggest democracy.

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is in Washington this week to meet with President Obama. His visit comes amid news that the Obama administration is trying to work out a deal with Pakistan to limit its nuclear arsenal.

New research finds that e-signatures can potentially make people behave in more dishonest ways.

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled a controversial counter-extremism strategy this week. It was met with swift criticism from members of the Muslim community that worries the policy will limit free speech, free assembly and freedom of religion.

Farming is unpredictable. So many farmers count on complicated financial agreements to ensure they have a steady source of income. But one time, these futures markets led to two investors owning almost all of the onions in the Midwest. And the legacy of that wild tale helps us understand the essential intersection of farming and finance.

Two-thirds of a hard-line conservative group in the U.S. House has voted to support Rep. Paul Ryan for speaker. Now, if Ryan decides he does want the job, he has enough votes to win it.

In Back to the Future Part II, Marty uses a hoverboard to escape from Biff on Oct. 21, 2015. Austria's government had some fun with that this week, issuing rules on hoverboard use.

Larry Macaulay is a former engineer, a Nigerian refugee in Germany, and now a radio host. He founded the Refugee Radio Network to counter the media's negative stereotypes about refugees.