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The explosions in Lebanon are the latest in a series of lethal attacks attributed to Israel, and carried out against its leading enemies in their heavily guarded capitals.

The Kansas Supreme Court ruled against two anti-abortion laws, suggesting other restrictions could fall. The state has received numerous patients from states with tighter laws.

This week the Obama administration announced it would send weapons to the Syrian rebels, because of credible evidence Syrian government forces had indeed used chemical weapons. Weekend Edition Saturday Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Deborah Amos about how Syrians are reacting to the news.

For days, much of the Gaza Strip has been without cellphone and internet access. The laws of war were written well before the World Wide Web, but some see communication as a fundamental right.

Officials in California offer new figures on rain and snowfall in the state. El Nino has filled reservoirs, but the drought is still ongoing.

Photos from Israel and Gaza show some of what the past week has looked like for people on the ground there as the conflict enters its fourth month.

Braugher, who starred on Homicide and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, died Monday at age 61. Trained at Juilliard and adept at stage work, the actor had a steely authority that undergirded most of his roles.

The militia fired dozens of rockets at northern Israel, warning that the barrage was its initial response to the targeted killing of a top leader from the allied Hamas group in Lebanon's capital.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tim Naftali, a historian and former director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, about the historic significance of Trump's guilty verdict.

As tensions with China rise, Taiwan is staging its latest round of large urban resilience and war game exercises, designed to prepare its civilians for war.