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One man's search for his father in mass graves at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital

Recovery teams are exhuming bodies from mass graves at Gaza's Al Shifa hospital more than two weeks after an Israeli raid there.

Kerry Heads Back To Mideast To Reboot Peace Talks

Secretary of State John Kerry is planning another trip to the Mideast. Among his priorities is reviving Mideast peace talks. Robert Siegel speaks with Aaron David Miller, vice president for New Initiatives and Distinguished Scholar at the Middle East Program with the Woodrow Wilson Center, and the author of The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace for more.

U.N. Refugee Agency Deputy On The Humanitarian Crisis In Syria

NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Kelly Clements, deputy high commissioner of the United Nations refugee agency, about the United States' role in the humanitarian emergency in Idlib, Syria.

Scientists Try to Find Way to Dislodge Mars Rover

Opportunity, one of NASA's Mars rovers, has been stuck in a Martian sand dune -- for more than two weeks. Scientists are trying to figure out how to get it going again. To do that, they've built a fake Martian sand dune in a laboratory in California.

Gas prices drop by almost 25 cents per gallon

Cost-conscious consumers are getting some relief at the gas pump. After hitting record highs, gas prices have fallen by nearly 25 cents a gallon. But it may be too late to save many summer road trips.

FEMA coordinator describes catastrophic flooding in Kentucky

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with FEMA's Federal Coordinating Officer Brett Howard overseeing the disaster response to massive floods in the Appalachian mountain communities in Kentucky.

Flooding, wind damage and power outages are among Tampa Mayor's hurricane concerns

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Tampa Mayor Jane Castor about how her city is preparing for Hurricane Ian.

Mourners and members of the public lay flowers at the Queen's official floral tribute area in Green Park, London on Saturday.

A London park blooms with flowers, stuffed animals and handwritten notes to the queen

Green Park, near Buckingham Palace, has become completely flooded with tributes to the queen — and the people who are coming to see them.

Dava Sobel, who has written a new book about Copernicus, pages through a first edition copy of the astronomer's 1543 work <em>On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres</em> at Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.

For Copernicus, A 'Perfect Heaven' Put Sun At Center

In 1543, when Nicolaus Copernicus made the astounding claim that Earth revolves around the sun, not the other way around, his ideas were met with scorn. "It went against everything that your senses tell you. It went against common sense," says author Dava Sobel, who wrote a new book about the astronomer.

In California, many buildings remain vulnerable to earthquake damage

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with LAist News reporter Jacob Margolis about how many buildings in California are still susceptible to earthquake damage.

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