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In honor of Halloween, NPR gets a guided tour of parasites that reside in London's Natural History Museum.

Boehner reflects on his career, and the future of the GOP, and the job he calls "the loneliest place in the world."

David Greene talks about Syria and toppling dictators with Michele Flournoy, a former Defense Department official in the Obama administration, and Mary Beth Long, a former Defense Department official in the George W. Bush administration.

Bill Steinfelt traded comic books for a painting of Batman in 1962. The painting, by Mel Ramos, just sold at auction for $173,000.

A new proposal to install surveillance cameras at Jerusalem's most contested holy site reveals that, like much of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, even the idea is subject to interpretation.

After more than 35 years, China has rescinded its law banning many families from having more than one child; all of them will now be allowed to have two.

Los Angeles is finding that community health workers — problem solvers who are untrained in medicine, but fluent in compassion — can be key to helping the county's sickest and neediest get better.

Stories that appeared on NPR's music website were found to include portions of others' work, according to a joint statement by NPR and member station WQXR, where the stories' writer was based.

Michael Oreskes, senior vice president for News at NPR, and Graham Parker, general manager at WQXR in New York City, explain what has been uncovered and how their organizations have responded.

Urban commutes can get crazy. How do you get around? Is it a bike with a motor and a baby carriage? A hoverboard or souped-up skateboard? Send us photos of DYI, rigged, wacky means of transportation.