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French planes bombed the Islamic State's self-declared capital Raqqa in Syria this week. The U.S. gave them a target list. Steve Inskeep talks to Anne Bernard of The New York Times, who's in Beirut.

Homelessness in Los Angeles has spread far beyond the area known as Skid Row. The number of people living on the streets has risen 12 percent in the past two years. And now some parts of the city are struggling to manage big homeless populations they've never seen before.

At Chicago's Green Mill, one band has owned Saturday's after-hours set for decades. Jazz Night stays up with drunks, devotees and the organ quartet of saxophonists Pat Mallinger and Cameron Pfiffner.

Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson talks to Fresh Air's Terry Gross about her late dog, Lolabelle, her mother's death and the accident that nearly killed her. Anderson's new film is Heart of a Dog.

In Marseilles, a large multi-ethnic city in the south of France, a Jewish teacher was attacked by a mob claiming to be ISIS supporters. A woman wearing a Muslim headscarf was also stabbed.

Max Salomon is an American documentary filmmaker living in Paris. He offers his reflections on loss after last Friday's attacks.

Tennessee's "fetal assault" law is designed to push pregnant women into drug treatment programs. But there are not enough of those programs available for the people who need them.

Fay Wells, an African-American woman who lives in California, wrote about her experience with police in the Washington Post. Her white neighbor called police when he thought she broke into her home.

Donald Trump campaign appearances keep getting more combative. On Wednesday night in Worcester, Mass., a big crowd cheered his attacks on ISIS, fellow candidate Marco Rubio, food stamps and the media.

The situation is still unfolding in Bamako, the capital of the West African nation of Mali. Gunmen are said to have taken more than 100 people hostage at the Radisson Blu Hotel.